FAILURE OF GOVERNANCE IN PAKISTAN A CASE OF SPORTS SECTOR
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2020
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UMT, Lahore
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This research study was aimed to investigate the failure of governance in sports sector of Pakistan. For the said purpose, first the level of governance was measured through the self-assessment questionnaire of Basic Indicators for Better Governance in Sports (BIBGIS), which was developed by Swiss Institute of Public Administration. The quantitative research approach was used, and data was collected through adopted questionnaire of sports governance developed by J-L Chappelet and Mrkonjic (2013). Seven dimensions of sports governance which were described by Swiss Institute of Public Administration are measured by applying the descriptive statistical tests of Mean and Standard Deviation. These dimensions are Organizational Transparency, Reporting Transparency, Stakeholders’ Representation, Democratic Process, Control Mechanism, Sports Integrity, and Solidarity. Through the analysis of the seven dimensions of governance of Pakistan Sports Sector, it was found that all sports federations of Pakistan could not achieve the benchmark scores of good governance practices. Moreover, the data also shows the heterogeneous nature of seven dimensions of Pakistan sports federations. This research finds that the Reporting Transparency is least scored dimension among the all seven dimensions of sports governance. While on other hand the highest scored dimensions are Democratic Process and Stakeholders’ Representation. Although all dimensions of sports governance in sports sector of Pakistan need to be improved, but Reporting Transparency is more vulnerable. This research concludes that the root cause of failure of governance in sports sector of Pakistan is nontransparent reporting and vague system of feedback. This research suggested to utilize the tools of information technology for quick and transparent reporting and strong feedback system.