KARACHI: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) secretary former Olympian Shahbaz Ahmed is expected to take the vote of confidence when its Congress meets at a local hotel on Saturday.

After taking the reign of PHF as president retired Brig Khalid Sajjad Khokhar has nominated Shahbaz as secretary.

The PHF Congress is also likely to give its nod to the annual calendar for 2016.

Meanwhile, the newly laid desso turf at the Hockey Club of Pakistan was opened for different teams when they turned up for practice on Thursday to have a feeling before the National Hockey Championship.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah will formally inaugurate the event on Friday at 3.30pm.

Published in Dawn, December 25th, 2015