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Dear Readers,
While All Things Pakistan has remained alive and online, it has been dormant since June 11, 2011 - when, on the blog's 5th anniversary, we decided that it was time to move on. We have been heartened by your messages and the fact that a steady traffic has continued to enjoy the archived content on ATP. While the blog itself will remain dormant, we are now beginning to add occasional (but infrequent) new material by the original authors of the blog, mostly to archive what they may now publish elsewhere. We will also be updating older posts to make sure that new readers who stumble onto this site still find it useful.
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A big shame for Pakistan hockey which was once world class. I wish those old days come back soon
hey,
can anyone tell me that what happened to the junior team? why did they changed the team? and espacially wht happened to Muhammed Arif?
Pak hockey needs domestic competitions at regional level on league format.
Owais
You are right, I think part of it has to do with the lack of recognition of the local players at national level (and a shrinking public sector that could offer them cushy jobs thus allowing more time to play).Most importantly, cricket has been eating away at hockey as our favorite pastime.
Kashif,
I serisously wish there was a way to set up a fund or something for the endangered sport.
Btw afaik, Australia plays a blend of asian and european styles. Pakistan’s style normally changes with their coach. I think their current coach is desi, but a few years back they had toyed with the idea of a Dutch coach, and he completely altered their style (plus they had Sohail Abbas at their disposal, so it wasn’t that bad still).