Pakistan Air Force, Navy, KPK A, Army, and Customs post victories on Day 3
Abdul Jabbar Faisal
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Pakistan Navy, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) A, Pakistan Army, and Pakistan Customs have won the match on the third day of the 67th National Hockey Championship 2023, which is being played under the banner of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) in collaboration with Army Welfare Trust (AWF) at Lt. General Nadeem Ashfaq Hockey Stadium, Ayub Park Rawalpindi.
On the third day of the championship, Dr. Syed Junaid Ali Shah, the Minister of Sports Sindh, was the special guest. He was warmly welcomed and presented with a bouquet of flowers. The chief guest was introduced to the players and officials.
On this occasion, former Provincial Minister of Sindh Women Development and Vice President of Pakistan Hockey Federation Syeda Shehla Raza, Secretary General PHF Haider Hussain, Hockey Legend and Tournament Director Olympian Hanif Khan, Olympian Nasir Ali, Olympian Mossadegh Hussain, Olympian Shakeel Abbasi, Punjab Hockey Association Secretary Lt. Col. R. Asif Naz Khokhar, Ehsan Ulllah International, Olympian Waqas Akbar, Olympian Tariq Aziz, Olympian Umar Bhatta, Olympian Arshad Khan Olympian Rahim Khan, Olympian Mohammad Javed, Rana Shafiq International, Saeed Khan International, Shuja Iqbal Raja Congress. Member PHF, Raja Shahid Iqbal were also present.
Pakistan Navy overcome Port Qasim (3-2): Pakistan Navy overcame Port Qasim 3-2 in a well-contested four quarters game. Osman Ali scored 2 goals and Imad scored 1 for Pakistan Navy, while Arif scored the only goal for Port Qasim. Amir Hamza, Zahid Hamid, and Afsar Khan performed the duties of umpires in the first match of the day.
KPK A beat Balochistan B (4-0): In the second match, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa defeated Balochistan B 4-0, with Zakria netted the ball twice while Samiullah and Imad scored each 1 goal for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The match was supervised by umpires Wasim Abbas, Erfan Taher, and Asad Abbas.
Army outplay Balochistan A (15-0): The third match saw Pakistan Army dominate Balochistan A, securing a 15-0 victory. Osman and Mehran each scored 4 goals, Rahman Ali and Owais Junior scored 2 goals each, while Sarwar Shahbaz and Owais scored 1 goal each. The match was supervised by umpires Wajahat Jangooa, Shahzaib, and Malik Irfan.
PAF thrash AJK (14-3): Pakistan Air Force emerged victorious over Azad Jammu and Kashmir with a score of 14-3 in the penultimate match of the day. Abdul Rahman scored 6 goals, Mushtaq scored 3, and Junaid scored 2 for Pakistan Air Force, while Mobashir scored 2 and Umar Zaib scored 1 for Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The match was supervised by umpires Abdul Sattar, Rizwan Khan, and Muhammad Bilal.
Pakistan Customs defeat Punjab A (2-0): In the final match of the day, Pakistan Customs overpowered Punjab A with a score of 2-0. Baqar and Abuzar scored 1 goal each for the Customs hockey team. The match was supervised by umpires Waqas Butt, Fahad Ali Khan, and Mohammad Saleem.
Technical officials' Tariq Butt, Tahir Sherif Gujjar, Hafiz Arshad, Abdul Malik, Sajid Khan, Ali Hatim, Naveed Yousaf, Ovais Sultan, Akhtar Ali, Chaudhry Akbar Khan, Zia Bukhari, Hamza Tafail, Mazhar Ali Chaudhry, Yamin Bhatti, Rafiq Khan, Moin Alam, Fahad Kayani, Ghulam Abbas, Sheikh Ali, Abid Naveed, Yusuf Rao, Asif Ejaz, and Zafer Abbas handled the duties during the matches.
