LAHORE: Pakistan hockey star and former captain Muhammad Saqlain has refused to accept the advise of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) to retire from the game. “It is unfair on part of the PHF to impose its decision on me to call it a day. I am shocked to know the PHF is going to give me a warm send-off,” he told media Wednesday after his name was not included in a list of 31 players named for the World Cup 2010 qualifying rounds.He questioned how the PHF could force a player to wind up his career. “It is a wrong precedent set by the PHF. I am fully fit and my fitness can be judged by conducting a fitness test any time any place,” he added. 30-year old Lahore born Saqlain is a veteran of 301 international matches and has represented the country in eight editions of Champions Trophy, two World Cups, one Olympics, three Asia Cups, two Commonwealth Games and nine Sultan Azlan Shah Cups since his debut in 1999.
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