Amir Khan Expresses Disappointment Over Closure of Islamabad Academy: Calls for Promoting Boxing in Pakistan"

[Cash gk]

UPDATE || Amir Khan, the former world light-welterweight champion, expressed his disappointment over the closure of his academy in Islamabad.

In a video message, the Pakistani boxer shared his frustration by saying, “Every time I come to Pakistan, there used to be an academy here. But now, I receive messages from children asking for training and boxing classes.

Why isn’t boxing being promoted in Pakistan? Despite my efforts to engage with officials and the government, no action has been taken. My gym was newly built and well-maintained, but it was forced to shut down.

I am currently in Pakistan, but tomorrow I will be returning to England, feeling deeply disheartened. It pains me to see that the significant investment of over $100,000 in the gym has gone to waste.”

Your thoughts?

 

[K2RULEZ]

What were we expecting?

 

[Khansaheeb]

What were we expecting?

Martial arts and MMA

 

[K2RULEZ]

Martial arts and MMA

LOL Well, what you instead got is the closure of the academy. So let this sink in. A guy comes in and spends his own money to setup an academy for the kids and locals. Instead of appreciating the government and other officials decide to close the entire project down.

 

[Sugarcane]

Why news is missing important part, FC of Pak Bhooj have encroached the academy.

 

[Jango]

FC is using it as barracks. That's the real story.

 

[K2RULEZ]

LOL FC has confiscated a bloody gym and transformed it into barracks. What a country. What a people. Don't have any hope for this country whatsoever.

 

[last-soul]

LOL Well, what you instead got is the closure of the academy. So let this sink in. A guy comes in and spends his own money to setup an academy for the kids and locals. Instead of appreciating the government and other officials decide to close the entire project down.

Sadly this is the reality of Pakistani mentality...no wonder why our country is still in stone age. Not only these BC won't do anything for the country, they'll drag down anyone else who will.

 

[clutch]

LOL FC has confiscated a bloody gym and transformed it into barracks. What a country. What a people. Don't have any hope for this country whatsoever.

I keep telling people that Pakistan is a failed banana Republic of Faujistan.

But stupid naive Dalits refuse to understand.

 

[K2RULEZ]

Holy crappers. It boggles the mind.

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

Sadly this is the reality of Pakistani mentality...no wonder why our country is still in stone age. Not only these BC won't do anything for the country, they'll drag down anyone else who will.

Also, the Pakistani elite get EXTREMELY jealous when they see Pakistanis helping each other. Have no idea why this is.

 

[koolio]

What an irony when somebody wants to do something good with hard earned cash for the people of Pakistan, King of the jungle decides otherwise.

 

[ghazi52]

PSB acts to get boxing academy vacated from FC​

Kashif Abbasi
April 30, 2024

ISLAMABAD: After suffering widespread criticism, the Pakistan Sports Board got the Amir Khan Boxing Academy vacated from Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force which had been residing in its premises for almost two years, in the wee hours of Monday.The issue had come to light on Friday, when Britain-born Pakistani boxer Amir Khan raised his voice over the FC setting up their residence in the academy located in the premises of the Pakistan Sports Complex.


A PSB officer informed that the premises was vacated from the FC at 2:00am on Monday with staff from the country’s sports regulatory body and workers of Capital Development Authority carrying out a cleaning operation after dawn.

“The facility requires renovation,” said the PSB officer, vowing that it will be revived and “we are planning to hold a boxing event”.

Amir Khan appreciated government for getting the facility vacated from the FC, saying he would ensure it becomes activated in a month.

“I want to say big thank you to Pakistan Sports Board and Pakistan Army and also government, also interior minister Mohsin Naqvi, who helped us a lot for getting the premises vacated,” the former WBC silver welterweight world champion said in a video message from Dubai.

“All FC personnel have gone from gym [academy]. We will open the gym [academy] after one month and we will bring all new required equipment. I had been receiving a lot of messages from aspiring boxers that they had been unable to train. But now they can do that and aspire to fight for Pakistan on the world stage.”

Amir had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up the academy in 2015 and subsequently set up a state-of-the-art facility. The facility was closed during the Covid-19 pandemic until the FC took control of it in 2022.

Published in Dawn, April 30th, 2024

 

[ghazi52]

Boxing Legend Amir Khan and Martial Arts Champion Shahzaib Rind, met General Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at General Headquarters.

COAS appreciated both for their phenomenal achievements in the field of sports and expressed full confidence in Pakistan’s youth for their outstanding potential.

 

[Cash gk]

Boxing Legend Amir Khan and Martial Arts Champion Shahzaib Rind, met General Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at General Headquarters.

COAS appreciated both for their phenomenal achievements in the field of sports and expressed full confidence in Pakistan’s youth for their outstanding potential.

Amir lost my respect after meeting this traitor