No performance, no support: Jansher

National coach firm on strictly merit based selection only.

KARACHI: Jansher Khan has issued a strict warning to youngsters by making it clear that he would not compromise on performance and selection would be purely based on merit.

Jansher, who was recently appointed as the national coach and advisor of the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF), issued warning bells for the under-performers by saying that there would be a strict check prior to selection for national and international events in his tenure.

“From now on, the federation would only support players who show progress and the ones failing continuously would be ignored,” said Jansher. “I’ve taken on the responsibility with a challenge to revive this game for which I’m offering my services without charges. I just want to give something back to my country which has given me so much fame.”

He reiterated he would focus on young players and the next year’s junior world championship would be his first target while hoping that Pakistan would revive its lost status in squash.

“We have enormous talent and I am optimistic that the country can once again become a squash power in the world.”

Published in The Express Tribune, December 24^th, 2010.