Lahore: Salman Iqbal, the long serving coach of Pakistan’s top athlete Arshad Nadeem, was on Sunday banned for life by the country’s Athletics Federation for violating the constitution of the Punjab Athletics Association, where he holds the position of President.

Under the life ban, Iqbal cannot take part in any athletics activities nor coach or hold office at any level.

The violations the Pakistan Amateur Athletics Federation (PAAF) has accused Iqbal of committing by holding elections of the Punjab body occured back in August.

An inquiry committee was formed in mid-September and it recommended the ban on Iqbal on October 10, a day after his reply to the PSB came out.

The decision appears to be linked to the recent crisp reply Iqbal had sent to the state-run Pakistan Sports Board (PSB

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