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(ret.) Syed Arif Hasan (born 11 Nov 1950) is a Pakistani

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and retired three-star rank

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officer in the

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. He is the current president of the

Pakistan Olympic Association Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) or National Olympic Committee of Pakistan (NOC) ( ur, پاکستان اولمپک ایسوسی ایشن, acronym: POA) is the national olympic organization in Pakistan. It was established in 1948 to oversee the ...

. He was also elected unopposed as the Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia in 2007. He also served as chairman of organizing committee of 9th SAF Games Islamabad.Jumbo Publishing Blog: Brief Profile: Lt Gen ® Syed Arif Hasan
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Military career

As a Major General he served as Vice Chief of General Staff. In Oct 2001 he was promoted to rank of Lieutenant-General and appointed commander

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. Later in September 2003 he was appointed commander

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2004 South Asian Games

While still serving in

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Arif Hasan was appointed chairman of organizing committee of 9th SAF Games Islamabad. SAF Games were originally scheduled in Islamabad in October 2001 but were postponed over security fears after 9/11. They were then rescheduled for March 2002 but were again postponed due to border tensions between Pakistan and India. In March 2002 year Pakistan was forced to cancel the event due to the

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. The Games were finally held in 2004.

Pakistan Olympic Association

Gen Arif Hassan was elected President of

in November 2004. He was reelected in 2008 and again in 2012.

Two term limit issue

Pakistan Sports Board which comes under

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in its 2005 sports policy put a two term limit on office bearers of sports federations. The policy was reaffirmed by

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in 2011. Gen Arif Hassan refused to accept this decision taking a plea that it violates the Olympic Charter. In 2012 he was re elected to a third term. While government formed a parallel committee. International Olympic committee threatened to ban Pakistan. Finally in July 2014 Pakistan Sports board and Government recognized Arif Hasan as president of POA.

Olympic Council of Asia

Gen Arif Hasan was elected unopposed as the Vice President of the

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in 2007.

Archery Federation of Pakistan

In addition to president of Pakistan Olympic Association he is also president of

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.POA chief Arif elected Pakistan Archery Federation president
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References

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