LAHORE, Nov 25: Former Olympian, Hanif Khan has been appointed tournament director of the 50th national hockey championship final round to be held in Karachi from Jan 25 to Feb 5.

Hanif, who was recently dismissed as a member of the national selection committee, was given the new role by Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) which has appointed different officials to conduct the preliminary and final rounds of the championship, smoothly.

Col. (retd.) Zafar Ali Khan who tendered his resignation as manager of the Pakistan team after the 14th Asian Games has been named tournament director for preliminary rounds for departmental teams to be held in Lahore from Jan 12 to 22.

The preliminary rounds for the regional teams will be held in four cities, including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and Karachi, simultaneously from Jan 1 to 10.

The tournament directors at each centre are allowed to avail the services of additional umpires, if needed in consultation with the organising secretary.

Following officials are appointed for different posts: Preliminary round for regional teams: Lahore Centre: Tournament director: Manzoor Hussain Junior. Tournament officer: Ghulam Ghous. Umpires manager: Khurshid Azam. Umpires: Rashid Mahmood Butt, Haider Rasool, Zulifqar Hussain, Dilawar Bhatti, Ubaidur Rehman, Ali Waqar Naqvi, Ajmal Hameed Butt. Rawalpindi centre: Tournament director: Riaz Baig. Tournament officer: Rana Muhammad Nasib. Umpires manager: Sheikh Abdul Majeed. Umpires: Jamil Butt, Zulifqar Haider, Mahmood Anwar Dar, Rana Liaqat, Ehsanul Haq, Farooq Ashraf Awan. Peshawar Centre: Tournament director: Waqar Maroof. Tournament officer: Malik Wadhan. Umpires manager: Muhammad Asif. Umpires: Faiz Muhammad Faizi, Muhammad Asif, Iftikhar Ahmad, Kamran Shah, Nigar Hussain. Karachi Centre: Tournament director: Muhammad Shafique. Tournament officer: Arif Ashraf. Umpires manager: Masoodur Rehman. Umpires: Mohsin Ali Khan, Takreem Iftikhar, Farid Ansari, Aslam Khan Niazi, Shahzad Mahmood. Preliminary round for departmental teams. Tournament director: Col (retd.) Zafar Ali Khan. Tournament officer: Gulraiz Akhtar. Umpires manager: Iqbal Bali. Umpires: Rashad Mahmood Butt, Zulifqar Haider, Dilawar Bhatti, Zulifqar Hussain, Faiz Muhammad Faizi, Muhammad Asif, Iftikhar Ahmed, Kamran Shah, Mahmood Anwar Dar, Takreem Iftikhar, Rana Muhammad Liaqat, Rana Khalid Iqbal. Final round: Tournament director: A. Hanif Khan.Tournament officer: Javaid Iqbal. Umpires manager: Shamsuz Zaman. Umpires: Rashad Mahmood Butt, Faiz Muhammad Faizi, Jamil Butt, Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Asif, Zulifqar Haider, Shahzad Mahmood, Zulifqar Hussain, Dilawar Bhatti, Ubaidur Rehman, Kamran Shah, Nigar Hussain, Mahmood Anwar Dar, Rana Liaqat, Mohsin Ali Khar, Farid Ansari.