Pakistan Hockey Team
participating in international activity, in the coming years, it
gained tremendous recognition and the PHF kept on growing in its
organisation. No full fledged Office or Secretariat, as such, was
established, till the 60s.
The
Office of Pakistan Hockey Federation located in Gaddafi Stadium
was developed into a befitting Secretariat in 1971. It was during
the second term of Presidency of Air Marshal M.Nur Khan that a record
was initiated to be maintained. From 1978 onwards not only the activities
of National Senior , National Junior and Women Hockey Teams increased
manifolds, nationally and internationally, but the work load of
PHF Office increased tremendously.
The
duo of Air Marshal M. Nur Khan as President and Brig. M.H.Atif as
Secretary PHF gave new directions not only to the Hockey of Pakistan
but also to the PHF. On personal initiative of Air Marshal M. Nur
Khan, PHF introduced the World Cup Tournament and the Champions
Trophy Tournament, which are now rated next to the Olympics.
This
era in the history of PHF was golden as Pakistan Hockey Team clinched
all the titles of the world events . It was after a lapse of 12
years that the Pakistan Hockey Team again started climbing and won
the Champions Trophy and the World Cup with Air Vice Marshal Farooq
Umar as President and Col Mudassar as Secretary PHF. Currently,
hockey in Pakistan is under going a bad phase as Pakistan has not
won a major title since 1994. However, the current management of
PHF with Lt General Aziz Khan as President and Brig. Mussarrat Ullah
Khan as Secretary has formulated a three pronged strategy to revive
hockey in Pakistan. Components of this strategy are:
1.
Revival/creation of physical infrastructure.
2. Revival/training of coaches/umpires/technical officials.
3. Revival of club hockey by eliminating bogus clubs.
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