IHF expresses regrets over cancellation of Pak tour

LAHORE: Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) through a letter to Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has expressed its regrets that their U-21 team could not come to play a test series for reasons beyond their control and urged to continue bilateral hockey ties.Indian team was to tour Pakistan from November 10 to play a five test series against Pak Junior at various centres and it could not come to Pakistan when it was refused clearance by the Indian authorities at the last minute when PHF officials had reached Wagha Border to receive it. In the letter, Convenor of the IHF Ad-hoc committee, Muhammad Aslam Khan wrote “However, We would like to express, once again, our fullest cooperation in having bilateral ties between the two countries in future”. “We firmly believe that PHF and IHF must have a close interaction in the field of hockey to address a common cause of development of the game in the sub-continent “, he said. link...

'Friends of Pakistan’ discuss support to Islamabad

ABU DHABI: A group of ‘Friends of Pakistan’ held an important meeting in Abu Dhabi on Monday to look into providing financial support to Pakistan in the face of balance of payments crisis.Pakistani officials attended a ‘Friends of Pakistan’ conference for talks with representatives of 14 countries, including the United States, China, European Union countries, Turkey, UAE and Saudi Arabia, following a $7.6 billion IMF emergency loan agreed ... Full Story