The Pakistan Hockey Federation ( ur, ) is the governing body for the

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Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. It is affiliated with the

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(FIH).

Management positions

The current Patron-in-Chief is

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Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif. Federation's President is Khalid S. Khokhar, Secretary General is Syed Haider Hussain and treasurer is Shahid Pervaiz Bhandara PHF Executive Board members are Mohamad Saeed Khan, Maj.Gen (R) Tariq Haleem Suri, HI (M), Amjad Pervaiz Satti, while Office Management Director Administration & Coordination is Javeed Arshad Khan Manj, Raja Ghazanfar Ali - office Secreatry, Muhammad Nadeem- Assistant Office Secretary, Saleem Gill - Accounts ManagerManagement of Pakistan Hockey Federation on Pakistan Hockey Federation website
Retrieved 19 August 2020

History

The game of

was originally brought to Pakistan during the

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, and like

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, became a popular sport among the local population. The Pakistan Hockey Federation came into being in 1948,History of Pakistan Hockey Federation on Pakistan Olympic Association website
Retrieved 13 January 2020 following the

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in 1947. Prior to this, players from what is now Pakistan had competed internationally alongside players from what is now India. In the beginning, the Federation's membership included the provincial hockey federations of

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

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Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

Bahawalpur Bahawalpur () is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. With inhabitants as of 2017, it is Pakistan's 11th most populous city. Founded in 1748, Bahawalpur was the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur, ruled by the Abbasi fa ...

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, and the

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Sports Board. Pakistan played their first international game in

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when they defeated Belgium 2-1 at the 14th Olympic Games on 2 August 1948. The first President of PHF was

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, with Baseer Ali Sheikh as the Honorary Secretary. The Pakistan national side soon established a strong reputation in international competition, helping to maintain interest in the game in Pakistan which assisted the growth of the Federation. However, no full-time central office or secretariat, as such, was established until the 1960s. The office of the Pakistan Hockey Federation, located at the

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was developed into a secretariat in 1971. It was during the second term as president of Air Marshal Nur Khan from 1978 that Pakistani hockey entered a golden age. National senior, national Junior and women hockey teams were all competing internationally. On the personal initiative of Air Marshal M. Nur Khan, the FIH introduced the

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and the Champions Trophy, which are now rated among field hockey's major international tournaments alongside the Olympics. However, the 1976 Olympics in

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had seen the introduction of

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to international hockey competition. Pakistan was unable to build many artificial turf pitches compared to the European sides, and thus the strength of the national side began declining slowly.

Affiliated associations

* Azad Jammu and Kashmir Hockey Association * Balochistan Hockey Association * Federally Administered Tribal Areas Hockey Association * Gilgit-Baltistan Hockey Association * Islamabad Hockey Association * Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Hockey Association * Punjab Hockey Association * Sindh Hockey Association

Presidents

The following is a list of the Presidents of PHF:

Secretaries

The following is a list of the Secretaries General of PHF:

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pakistan Hockey Federation

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