ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — International Hockey Federation (FIH) ne Jumma ko elan kiya hai ke Pakistan 19 se 28 February 2027 tak Lahore mein FIH Hockey Men's Nations Cup ki mezbani karega, jis ke saath aik bara international hockey tournament mulk mein wapas aa raha hai.
Tournament ka panchwan edition pehli baar aath ke bajaye 10 teamon par mushtamil hoga. FIH ke mutabiq Pakistan ke saath Misr, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Scotland, Junoobi Africa, Junoobi Korea aur Amreeka shirkat karenge.
Jeetne wali team ko khel ke sab se oonche darje, FIH Hockey Pro League ke 2027–28 season mein taraqqi milegi.
FIH ke sadr Tayyab Ikram ne kaha: "Pakistan ka 2026–27 FIH Hockey Men's Nations Cup ki mezbani karna aalmi hockey ke liye aik nihayat aham lamha hai. Hamare khel ki tareekh mein Pakistan ka aik azeez aur bunyadi maqam hai, jis ki bunyad us ke shaiqeen ka ghair maamooli josh aur champions ki naqabil-e-tardeed wirasat hai."
Islamabad mein muahide par dastakhat
Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) aur FIH ne Islamabad mein aik taqreeb mein mezbani ke muahide par dastakhat kiye, jis mein wafaqi wazir-e-ittelaat Attaullah Tarar, wazir-e-azam ke musheer baraye bain-ul-subai rabta Rana Sanaullah, Tayyab Ikram, arkaan-e-parliament aur sabiq Olympians ne shirkat ki.
Rana Sanaullah ne kaha ke wazir-e-azam Shehbaz Sharif ne hidayat ki hai ke Pakistan hockey apna khoya hua maqam dobara hasil kare, aur hukoomat Nations Cup ki tayyariyon samet federation ko har mumkin taawun faraham karegi.
Unhon ne kaha ke hukoomat ke muqarrar karda sadr Mohiuddin Wani ki sarbarahi mein federation ka ad hoc nizam jald khatam ho jayega aur mustaqil sadr ke intikhab ke liye intikhabat karaye jayenge.
Unhon ne qaumi team ke haaliya nataij par afsos ka izhar bhi kiya aur kaha ke androoni ikhtilafat ne qaumi khel ko shadeed nuqsan pohanchaya hai, aur is ki zimmedari sirf purazm aur qabil afraad ko saunpi jani chahiye.
Pakistan ki wapsi ka safar
FIH ke mutabiq Pakistan 2024–25 Nations Cup mein runner-up raha, jis ke baad us ne 2025–26 mein Pro League ka aik season khela.
Nations Cup ka aaghaz 2022 mein Pro League tak rasai ke raaste ke taur par hua tha, aur yeh is se pehle Junoobi Africa, Poland aur Malaysia mein munaqid ho chuka hai. Junoobi Africa ne pehla edition jeeta, New Zealand do baar champion ban chuka hai, aur France maujooda champion hai.
