Junior hockey trials begin today

Published June 18, 2008

ISLAMABAD, Jun 17 (APP) Two-day trials to select Pakistan team for the next month's Junior Asia Cup Hockey Tournament will commence at Naseer Bunda Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.


The president of Pakistan Hockey Federation, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, and newly-appointed secretary, Muhammad Asif Bajwa, are also likely to be present at the trials on the second day Thursday.


Selectors Samiullah and Mudassar Asghar will watch the trials, accompanied by national junior coach Jahangir Butt who has been training the probables at the Naseer Bunda Stadium as chief selector Islahuddin is currently abroad.


Up to 16 players and two officials will be named for the Junior Asia Cup to be held at Hyderabad (India) next month.

Opinion

Editorial

On press freedoms
Updated 03 May, 2026

On press freedoms

THE citizenry forgets, to its own peril, how important a free and independent media is in the preservation of their...
Inflation strain
03 May, 2026

Inflation strain

PAKISTAN’S return to double-digit inflation after 21 months signals renewed economic strain where external shocks...
Troubled waters
03 May, 2026

Troubled waters

PAKISTAN’S water crisis is often framed in terms of scarcity. Increasingly, it is also a crisis of contamination....
Iran stalemate
Updated 02 May, 2026

Iran stalemate

THE US and Iran are currently somewhere between war and peace. While a tenuous ceasefire — extended largely due to...
Tax shortfall
02 May, 2026

Tax shortfall

THE Rs684bn shortfall in tax collection during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is a continuation of a...
Teaching inclusion
02 May, 2026

Teaching inclusion

DISCRIMINATORY and exclusionary content in Punjab’s textbooks has been flagged in Inclusive Education for a United...