Visa gaffe causes Pak futsal team deportation from Dubai
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KARACHI: Pakistan futsal team on Sunday returned to Lahore when it was deported from Dubai after staying there for 24 hours en rout Argentina where the Green-shirts were scheduled to make their debut in the 12th World Futsal Championship, which began on Sunday at Misiones."Yes, we are at the airport in Lahore to receive our team. The team has been deported. The issue occurred due to a mistake from embassy of Argentina as it had not uploaded the details of visas of our side on the system," Pakistan Futsal Federation's secretary Malik Adnan told 'The News' on Sunday."The ambassador of Argentina has accepted the mistake and he has been called by the Foreign Office tomorrow. But it will not help us as we have missed the World Cup. Tomorrow we were to face Brazil in our opener," Malik said.He said that three players and one official who had reached Argentina via Doha had also been called back. "Our dream is shattered as we had been looking forward to playing this event for the last four years. We qualified for the World Cup after India refused to play the qualifier against us. Initially last year we had planned the qualifier in Islamabad and then it was shifted to Dubai but still India refused to field its team and so we were given World Cup ticket," Adnan said. The event, which will last till April 7, is being contested among 16 teams from Oceania (1), America (6) Europe (6 ), Asia (2) and Africa (1).
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KARACHI: Pakistan futsal team on Sunday returned to Lahore when it was deported from Dubai after staying there for 24 hours en rout Argentina where the Green-shirts were scheduled to make their debut in the 12th World Futsal Championship, which began on Sunday at Misiones."Yes, we are at the airport in Lahore to receive our team. The team has been deported. The issue occurred due to a mistake from embassy of Argentina as it had not uploaded the details of visas of our side on the system," Pakistan Futsal Federation's secretary Malik Adnan told 'The News' on Sunday."The ambassador of Argentina has accepted the mistake and he has been called by the Foreign Office tomorrow. But it will not help us as we have missed the World Cup. Tomorrow we were to face Brazil in our opener," Malik said.He said that three players and one official who had reached Argentina via Doha had also been called back. "Our dream is shattered as we had been looking forward to playing this event for the last four years. We qualified for the World Cup after India refused to play the qualifier against us. Initially last year we had planned the qualifier in Islamabad and then it was shifted to Dubai but still India refused to field its team and so we were given World Cup ticket," Adnan said. The event, which will last till April 7, is being contested among 16 teams from Oceania (1), America (6) Europe (6 ), Asia (2) and Africa (1).
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