LAHORE: The Pakistan hockey squad on Saturday left for Islamabad from where it will fly out to the UK on Sunday to participate in the Commonwealth Games being held in Birmingham from July 28 to Aug 8.

The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), which is currently going through a crunch time due to its conflict with the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) over the elections of the federation, held a reception in the honour of the Umar Bhutta-led national squad, comprising 18 players, on Friday night.

The function was attended by former Olympians Akhtar Rasool, Manzoor Junior, Khalid Hammed, Rana Mujahid, team’s head coach Siegfried Aikman, manager Sameer Hussain, PHF president retired Brig Khalid Sajjad Khokhar, secretary Asif Bajwa and Tahir Zaman.

Earlier this month., the PSB had de-notified Khokhar as PHF president for failing to hold elections due on May 14 this year. However, Khokhar is part of a four-member PHF ad-hoc committee announced by the PSB which has to hold the elections within the next month.

Published in Dawn, July 24th, 2022

Opinion

Editorial

Errant ECP
Updated 22 Jan, 2025

Errant ECP

THE ECP has once again earned a detailed reprimand from the Supreme Court. That it still refuses to correct course is ominous
Fast-tracking M6
Updated 22 Jan, 2025

Fast-tracking M6

GRAND infrastructure projects in Pakistan often progress at the pace of a bullock cart rather than a bullet train....
Gwadar airport
Updated 22 Jan, 2025

Gwadar airport

THE air connectivity established by the inauguration of PIA flights between Karachi and Gwadar is a major step...
Trump 2.0
Updated 21 Jan, 2025

Trump 2.0

Few have forgotten how disruptive Trump could be as president. There has been little indication that his 2nd term will be any different.
GB’s status
21 Jan, 2025

GB’s status

THE demand raised by the people of Gilgit-Baltistan for constitutional clarity and provisional provincial status is...
Panda bond
Updated 21 Jan, 2025

Panda bond

ISLAMABAD’S plans to raise $200m from China’s capital markets through the inaugural issue of a Panda bond this...