A 23-member Pakistan hockey squad is currently in Holland as it prepares ahead of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. -Photo courtesy FIH
LAHORE Pakistan hockey team outplayed the Rot Weiss Koln hockey club from Germany 5-0 in its first tour match in the Netherlands.

According to the information received here on Wednesday from Holland, Mohammad Imran scored two goals on penalty corners while Abdul Haseem Khan, Shakeel Abbasi and Mohammad Tauseeq scored one goal each from Pakistan in a one-sided show.

Nine players from Germanys national hockey team and one from Netherlands played for Koln. Pakistan will play the second tour match of its Europe tour against Belgium.—APP

Opinion

Respite needed

Respite needed

All one can fear is a familiar accounting exercise that aims to extract a few more rupees from a narrow, weary economic base.

Editorial

Soft on traders
08 Jun, 2026

Soft on traders

THE Fixed Tax Asaan Scheme for traders with an annual turnover of up to Rs200m has been designed as a ‘pragmatic...
Ceasefire in name
Updated 08 Jun, 2026

Ceasefire in name

Both sides accuse the other of violating the truce that was supposed to halt the conflict in April, yet neither appears willing to abandon negotiations altogether.
Damaged childhoods
08 Jun, 2026

Damaged childhoods

CHILD abuse is so prevalent that the UN ranked Pakistan as the least safe country for children. Even so, more than...
JAAC ban
Updated 07 Jun, 2026

JAAC ban

Though the JAAC’s demands are open to scrutiny, banning any political organisation — as long as it remains committed to peaceful activism — is undemocratic.
GB election
Updated 07 Jun, 2026

GB election

It is important that whichever party ultimately forms the government puts the needs of the people of GB above everything else.
ODI win
07 Jun, 2026

ODI win

AT last, the Pakistan cricket team had something to celebrate: a One-day International series victory against...