LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has decided to postpone the three-match series between Pakistan senior and junior teams in view of the terrorist attack in Lahore on Sunday.

The series, in order to give the senior side practice for next month’s Azlan Shah Cup, was scheduled to be played at Sargodha and Lahore.

“Due to uncertain situation as a result of the terrorist attack on the innocent people at the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park yesterday and the three days’ mourning announced by the Punjab government, the three-match series between Pakistan senior and junior hockey teams is cancelled,” a short press release stated on Monday.

Moreover, no match of the ongoing DCO Lahore International Squash Championships was played on its fourth day as the organisers condemned the blasts which killed 72 people.

Fresh dates will be announced later on, the organisers said.

Also, the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) also condemned the attack and showed the solidarity with the bereaved families.

Published in Dawn, March 29th, 2016

Opinion

Editorial

Dar in Kabul
Updated 22 Apr, 2025

Dar in Kabul

Kabul must ensure that the TTP and other anti-Pakistan groups are put out of business.
Ready to talk
22 Apr, 2025

Ready to talk

ADVISER to the Prime Minister Rana Sanaullah’s phone calls to Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon regarding...
Grassroots governance
22 Apr, 2025

Grassroots governance

WHEN something as basic as a functioning union council is absent in over a quarter of Balochistan’s areas more ...
Middle East carnage
Updated 21 Apr, 2025

Middle East carnage

It seems that to many in the world, people of Yemen and occupied Palestine are not human.
A new page
21 Apr, 2025

A new page

FOREIGN Secretary Amna Baloch’s trip to Dhaka has breathed new life into Pakistan’s long-dormant relationship...
No stone unturned
21 Apr, 2025

No stone unturned

WHILE the absence of new polio cases since Feb 10 is welcome news, this pause in transmission must not breed...