In order to improve the sports sector in Pakistan and bring new talent to the fore, in order to find new talent in the national sport of hockey, under the “Prime Minister Pakistan Talent Hunt Program” organized by the Higher Education Commission, Naseer Banda Hockey Stadium Islamabad 12 In order to complete the men’s and women’s hockey competitions to be held from July to July 19, 2023 in the best way, Pakistan Hockey Federation has issued a declaration of ambassadors, selection committee and technical officials.
According to the announcement issued by the Pakistan Hockey Federation, Olympian Shakeel Abbasi has been nominated as the ambassador for the men’s competition for the Prime Minister’s Talent Hunt program.While Saira Ashraf International has been nominated for women’s competitions.
Under the Prime Minister’s Talent Hunt Program, a selection committee headed by Olympian Rahim Khan has also been formed to find new talent for the improvement of the national sport of hockey. Iqbal and Zakirullah are included.
The details of the technical officials nominated by the Pakistan Hockey Federation are as follows
Secretary General Islamabad Hockey Association Dr. Ahsan Tanveer will perform the duties of Tournament Director along with Raja Shuja Iqbal, Asif Baig and Rafat Masood as Assistant Tournament Directors.
Syed Ghafran Shah, Syed Zia Hussain Bukhari, Najeeb Khattak,Naseer Mughal, Chaudhry Mehmood Ahmed, Muhammad Ashraf, Naveed Mirza, Gulfam, Kiniz Sughra and Farzana Rashid will perform their duties as technical officers.
In the field of empiring, International umpire Jameel Butt will be the Umpires Manager while Ijaz Ahmed will be the Assistant Umpires Manager. Razia Rizvi will handle the responsibilities of Women’s umpires Manager
The umpires Panel nominated by Pakistan Hockey Federation includes M Azim, M Sajid, Shahzeb, Iftikhar, Haji Fahim, Waqas Ahmad Butt (WAPDA), Anwar Hussain (Army), Wasim Abbas (Army), M Ehsan Yousuf (Army), Asad. Abbas (Army) and Malik Safdar are included.
Secretary General District Hockey Association Rawalpindi Muhammad Yasin has been appointed as Chief Coordinator by Pakistan Hockey Federation for men and women competitions of national sports hockey under Prime Minister Talent Hunt Program.