Pakistan's Asian Games medal hopes were badly hit when two of their leading boxers were banned for six months after testing positive for cannabis, officials said Thursday.
Meherullah Lassi, who won a gold medal in the 2002 Asian Games at Busan, South Korea, and Faisal Kareem tested positive during the South Asian Federation (SAF) Games in Colombo, Sri Lanka in August this year.
They appeared before a disciplinary committee of the SAF Games in Colombo on Wednesday. Both were found guilty of using the banned drug cannabis for enhanced performances during the Games where both won gold medals.