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Pakistani planetary kabaddi player, Ubaidullah Rajput, has been banned indefinitely by the nationalist federation aft helium appeared for an Indian squad successful a backstage tourney successful Bahrain earlier this period (December, 2025).
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The Pakistan Kabaddi Federation (PKF) imposed the prohibition pursuing an exigency gathering connected Saturday (December 27, 2025), aft uncovering Rajput blameworthy of travelling overseas to play successful the tourney without obtaining a mandatory no-objection certificate (NOC) from the federation oregon different applicable authorities.
PKF caput Rana Sarwar said Rajput has the close to entreaty earlier a disciplinary committee. Sarwar said the federation took relationship that Rajput not lone travelled overseas without an NOC but besides represented a squad from India. He wore India’s jersey, and wrapped the Indian emblem astir his shoulders aft winning a match.
"But helium has claimed it was a full misunderstanding and helium was ne'er told the squad helium would play for successful the backstage tourney would beryllium an Indian side. But helium is inactive blameworthy of flouting NOC rules," Sarwar said.
Rajput landed successful occupation aft videos and photographs of him wearing an Indian jersey and waving the Indian emblem during the GCC Cup went viral connected societal media. Sarwar added that different players person besides been banned and fined for participating successful the lawsuit without obtaining NOCs.
Rajput had earlier issued an apology, stating that helium was invited to play successful the tourney successful Bahrain and was included successful a backstage team.
"But I didn't cognize until aboriginal they had named the broadside Indian squad and I told the organizers to not usage names of India and Pakistan. In backstage competitions successful the past, Indian and Pakistan players person played unneurotic for a backstage squad but ne'er nether the names of India oregon Pakistan," helium said.
"I recovered retired aboriginal that I was misrepresented arsenic playing for the Indian squad which I can’t deliberation of doing aft the conflict," Rajput added.
