📌 Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways:
- The federal government has assured full support to the Hockey Federation for the restoration of the national sport of hockey in Pakistan. In.
- Member National Assembly Wajiha Akram, Member National Assembly Nuzahat Sadiq, Member National Assembly Zeib Jafar, Former Olympian Shahnaz.
- Federal Minister Rana Sanaullah said that Pakistan has been the champion of hockey, hockey is our identity and national pride.
The federal government has assured full support to the Hockey Federation for the restoration of the national sport of hockey in Pakistan. International Hockey Federation President Tayyab Ikram has announced that the next FIH Nations Cup will be held in Pakistan. Naseer Banda Hockey Stadium was also approved as FIH Official High Performance Centre.
Member National Assembly Wajiha Akram, Member National Assembly Nuzahat Sadiq, Member National Assembly Zeib Jafar, Former Olympian Shahnaz Sheikh, Shehbaz Sunir, Tahir Zaman, Nasir Ali, Shakeel Abbasi, Rehan Butt, Owais Karni, Hassan Askari Bukhari, Member National Assembly Anjum Aqeel were also present on this occasion. Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Rana Sanaullah and President of International Hockey Federation Tayyab Ikram participated in the event organized regarding the restoration of hockey in Islamabad.
Federal Minister Rana Sanaullah said that Pakistan has been the champion of hockey, hockey is our identity and national pride.
Rana Sanaullah said that the Prime Minister's instructions are to give special attention to hockey and to regain the lost position of Pakistan at the world level. The government stands with the hockey federation.
The federal minister said that instead of those who played politics with hockey in the past, there is a need for players who play for the country, senior players also have to play their role in the revival of hockey.
