Seven Pak athletes get two-year ban for failing dope test
Islamabad:Seven Pakistani track and field athletes, including a javelin thrower scheduled to take part in the Delhi Commonwealth Games, have been suspended for two years after being tested positive for using banned substances. Mohammad Imran, a national javelin throw champion holding the
title for the last three years, is among the suspended athletes. Other athletes
who had tested positive and now banned are Rozina Shafqat, Nadia Nazir, Shagufta
Noreen, Zara Razzak, Mohammad Waseem and Asif Javed, The Dawn reports. The decision
to ban the athletes was taken by an inquiry committee constituted by the Pakistan
Athletic Federation (AFP). AFP Secretary Khalid Mehmood said that all the seven
athletes could appeal their suspensions. Mehmood also said that the medals awarded
to these athletes would be withdrawn due to the ban. Earlier, last month, an appeal
tribunal of Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) had upheld sprinters Sadaf Siddique
and Javeria Hassan's two-year suspensions.
