Cricket
Cricket has been played in Pakistan since before the birth of the nation in 1947, going as far back as the 19th century. It was introduced by the British during their colonial rule of British India, of which Pakistan was a part. Despite Field hockey being the national sport of Pakistan, cricket is the most popular sport in the country. Pakistan has produced many talented cricketers who have been among the best batsmen and bowlers in international cricket.
The Pakistan Cricket Board controls both the men and women's competition. Pakistan is an official member of the International Cricket Council and the Asian Cricket Council.
The Pakistan Cricket Board controls both the men and women's competition. Pakistan is an official member of the International Cricket Council and the Asian Cricket Council.
Pakistan national cricket team
The Pakistan cricket team is the national men's cricket team of Pakistan. It is administrated by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Pakistan is a full member of the International Cricket Council, and thus participates in Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket matches.
Pakistan has played 358 Test matches, with winning 108, losing 100 and drawing 150. The team has the 3rd-best win/loss ratio in Test cricket of 1.08, and the 4th-best overall win percentage of 30.16%.Pakistan was given Test status on 28 July, 1952, following a recommendation by India, and made its Test debut against India at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, in October 1952, with India winning by an innings and 70 runs. Previously, Pakistani cricketers had competed as a part of the Indian national team before the partition of India.
Pakistan has played 748 ODIs, winning 400, losing 326, tying 6 and with 24 ending in no-result. Pakistan was the 1992 World Cup champions, and also came runners-up in the 1999 tournament. Pakistan, in conjunction with other countries on the Subcontinent, have hosted the 1987, 1996 and 2011 World Cups, with the 1996 final being hosted at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The team has also played 46 Twenty20 Internationals, the most of any team, winning 27, losing 18 and tying 1. Pakistan won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and came runners-up in the inaugural tournament in 2007.
Pakistan national cricket team logo
PCB
International Cricket Council
ICC T20
History
In One Day International and Test cricket matches, Pakistan has one of the best winning records amongst teams from Asia. Pakistan has won the Cricket World Cup in 1992 and the ICC World Twenty20 in 2009.
Tournament history
| World Cup | World Twenty20 | Champions Trophy | Asia Cup | Australasia Cup | Asian Test Championship | Commonwealth Games |
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1975: First Round
1979: Semi Finals
1983: Semi Finals
1987: Semi Finals
1992: Champions
1996: Quarter Finals
1999: Runners Up
2003: First round
2007: First round
2011: Semi Finals (3rd Place)
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2007: Runners Up
2009:Champions
2010: Semi Finals
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1998: Quarter Finals
2000: Semi Finals
2002: First round
2004: Semi Finals
2006: First round
2009: Semi Finals
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1984: Third Place
1986: Runners Up
1988: Third Place
1990-91: Did not participate
1995: Third Place
1997: Third Place
2000: Champions
2004: Third Place
2008: Third Place
2010: Third Place
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1986:Champions
1990:Champions
1994:Champions
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1998-99: Champions
2001-02: Runners Up
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1998: First Round
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World cup 1992
World twenty 2009
2000 Asia Cup
Asian Test Championship 1998-99
Organization
The Pakistan Cricket Board governs both the men's and women’s domestic competitions. Pakistan is an official member of the International Cricket Council and the Asian Cricket Council.
Almost all cities and villages in Pakistan have a cricket team and people and children start playing it at from a young age. The game is a very popular sport and they are being played by professional and amateur individuals.
Domestic cricket
Domestic Cricket in Pakistan is currently sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland. The most important domestic cricket tournaments in Pakistan include:
Quaid-i-Azam Trophy
Patron's Trophy
National One-day Championship
Twenty-20 Cup
Pakistan national women's cricket team
The Pakistan national women's cricket team is a professional cricket team that represents Pakistan in international women's cricket matches
Asian Games 2010
Women Cricket Team
Women Cricket Team ICC
Cricket Team Match In Karachi
Women Tournament history
Women World Cup
- 1900-1997: Did not participate
- 1997: 11th place
- 2000: Did not participate
- 2005: Did not qualify
- 2009: 6th place
Asia Cup
- 2004: Withdrew
- 2005: 3rd place
- 2010: 1st place
Achievements
- Asian Games 2010
- Pakistan Women Team Won gold medal in Asian Games 2010 in Guangzhou, China.
Test cricket
Highest team score: 426 runs for 7 wickets declared against the West Indies, on 15 March 2004 at the National Stadium in Karachi in Pakistan.
Highest batting score: 242 runs, Kiran Baluch against the West Indies, on 15 March 2004 at the National Stadium in Karachi in Pakistan.
Best bowling figures: 7 wickets for 59 runs, Shaiza Khan against the West Indies, on 15 March 2004 at the National Stadium in Karachi in Pakistan.
Best bowling figures in a match: 13 wickets for 226 runs, Shaiza Khan against the West Indies, on 15 March 2004 at the National Stadium in Karachi in Pakistan.
One Day International
Highest team score: 258 runs for 5 wickets against the Netherlands, in oct 2010, South africa.
Highest batting score: 69 runs, Mahewish Khan against the Netherlands, on 14 April 2001 at the National Stadium in Karachi in Pakistan.
Best bowling figures: 7 wickets for 4 runs, Sajjida Shah against Japan, on 21 July 2003 in Amsterdam in Netherlands.
Hockey
Pakistan national field hockey team
The Pakistan National Field Hockey Team also known as the Green Shirts represents the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) in international field hockey competitions. Field Hockey is the national sport of Pakistan. Pakistan has been one of the most successful teams in international competitions, having won a world record four Hockey World Cup titles.
History
Hockey was originally brought to Pakistan under British rule, and like cricket soon became popular with the local population.
The Pakistan Hockey Federation came into being in 1948, following the independence and partition into Pakistan and India. Prior to this, players from what is now Pakistan had competed internationally alongside players from what is now India. In the beginning, the Federation's membership included the Provincial Hockey/Sports Associations of West Punjab, East Bengal, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Bahawalpur & Services Sports Board. Pakistan played their first international in London when they defeated Belgium 2-1 in 14th Olympic Games hockey tournament on 2 August 1948.
The first President of PHF was Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan with Baseer Ali Sheikh as Honorary Secretary. The Pakistan national side soon established a strong reputation in international competition, helping to maintain interest in the game in Pakistan which assisted the growth of the Federation. However, no full-time central office or secretariat, as such, was established until the 1960s.
The office of the Pakistan Hockey Federation, located in Gaddafi Cricket Stadium, Lahore, was developed into a Secretariat in 1971. It was during the second term as president of Air Marshal M. Nur Khan from 1978 that Pakistani hockey entered something of a golden age. National Senior, National Junior and Women Hockey Teams were all competing internationally, increasing the work load of PHF Office and secretary Brigadier M.H.Atiftremendously.
On the personal initiative of Air Marshal M. Nur Khan, the FIH introduced the World Cup Tournament and the Champions Trophy Tournament, which are now rated amongst the major international tournaments, alongside the Olympics. At this time, Pakistan held all the major titles in men's international hockey.
However, the 1976 Olympics in Montreal had seen the introduction of artificial turf to international hockey competition. Pakistan was unable to build as many of the new pitches as the European nations or Australia and New Zealand and so the strength of the national side declined. It was after a lapse of 12 years that the Pakistan Hockey Team again started climbing and won the Champions Trophy and the World Cup with Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umaras president and Colonel Mudassar as secretary of the Federation.
Pakistan hockey team
Pakistan hockey team
Pakistan hockey team
Pakistan hockey team
The PHF has provincial teams who play against each other such as:-
- Baloch Lions
- Capital Dynamos
- Frontier Falcon
- Sindh Qalanders
- Shan-e-Punjab
- Northern Cavaliers
Major Hockey Tournaments won by Pakistan
Olympics
- 1960 Summer Olympics, Rome
- 1968 Summer Olympics, Mexico
- 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles
Hockey World Cup
1971 Men's World Cup
1978 Men's World Cup
1982 Men's World Cup
1994 Men's World Cup
Hockey Champions Trophy
- 1978 Men's Champions Trophy
- 1980 Men's Champions Trophy
- 1994 Men's Champions Trophy
Polo
The Pakistan Polo Association (PPA) is the governing body of polo in Pakistan. Its Patron in Chief is the Honorable Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani. The President is the Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military). Its Chairman is appointed by the President of the Association and is normally a senior officer of Pakistan Army who plays Polo. Presently it is being chaired by Major General Sahibzada Isfandiyar Pataudi. The association is responsible for promotion of the game of Polo in the country and to further the interest of its affiliated club by all possible means. The association oversees and organizes all polo matches inside Pakistan and internationally. It is also the final body which decides handicaps of players.
Polo match in Lahore
Punjab polo match
Polo quetta team
Chitral polo
Shandur Polo Festival
Shandur invites visitors to experience a traditional polo tournament which since 1936 has been held annually in the first week of July between the teams of Chitral and Gilgit. The tournament is held on Shandur Pass, the highest polo ground in the world at 3,700 meters (the pass itself is at 3,800 meters). The festival also includes Folk music, dancing and a camping village is set up. The polo tournament is featured in the first episode of Himalaya with Michael Palin.
Gilgit, Chitral and Skardu have always played the game of polo closest to its original form. In the past, local Rajas, Mirs and Mehtars were the patrons of the game. At times, more than 50% of the annual budget of their principalities would be spent on supporting the game.
Freestyled mountain polo is arguably polo in its purest form. This version of the game played at Shandur has attained legendary status and is of great interest to international and domestic adventure tourists alike. There are no umpires and there are no holds barred. The rules are: There are no rules!
In order to decide the final teams to play at the Shandur Polo Festival preliminary matches are played both in Chitral and Gilgit in which the best horses and players are chosen for the final games by the local juries. The festival begins on the 7th of July with a polo match between Laspur Team, which is a village near Shandur in Chitral, and the Ghizer Team from Gilgit. During the course of the tournament A, B, C and D teams of Chitral and Gilgit battle it out on the polo field. Each team has six members with 2-4 reserve players in case of injury etc. The match duration is usually one hour. It is divided into two halves, with a 10 minutes interval. During intervals the locals enthrall the audiences with traditional and cultural performances. The game decided in favour of the team scoring nine goals. The final is held on 9 July.
Shandur Polo Festival
Shandur Polo Festival
Shandur Polo Festival
Shandur Polo Festival
Kabaddi
Kabaddi is an indigenous sport, which is played in all parts of Pakistan, especially rural areas, in one form or the other. It is also popular sport of the Sub-Continent and in many parts of India and Bangladesh, Kabaddi is played with equal zeal and enthusiasm. Its forms and styles vary from region to region.
Asian-style Kabaddi has been recognized by the South-East Asian countries. This is the reason, why this particular style of Kabaddi has been included in the South-East Asian Games, held biennially in different countries.
Asian-style Kabaddi has been recognized by the South-East Asian countries. This is the reason, why this particular style of Kabaddi has been included in the South-East Asian Games, held biennially in different countries.
Kabaddi Match
Lahore kabadi match
Pakistan vs india
Pakistan vs iran
Kabaddi is a manly game which requires athleticism, skill, speed, stamina and agility. It has the capacity to become a popular sport of the Asian continent. The days are not very far, when Asian-style Kabaddi will be part and parcel of the Asian Games - a quadrennial sports extravaganza held in different countries of this continent.
In different countries of this continent.In addition to above, circle style Kabaddi is very popular in England, Canada, America and other countries of the world also. Asian Style Kabaddi has started getting its place in Europe countries as well as in Iran and Afghanistan. However, at places body styles of this indigenous game, which does not cast any amount, rather it is most cheap game of masses throughout the world especially in villages. This is the reason this game is getting more popularity.
In different countries of this continent.In addition to above, circle style Kabaddi is very popular in England, Canada, America and other countries of the world also. Asian Style Kabaddi has started getting its place in Europe countries as well as in Iran and Afghanistan. However, at places body styles of this indigenous game, which does not cast any amount, rather it is most cheap game of masses throughout the world especially in villages. This is the reason this game is getting more popularity.
Football
Football in Pakistan
There is a long history of Association football in Pakistan and is one of the most popular sports in the country. It is played widely in schools, parks and at home. Football clubs have also gained popularity in the country alongside more popular club sports like cricket, field hockey and others.
Currently Pakistan has three national division leagues and many regional division leagues.
The National Football Championship (A-Division) is named as the Pakistan Premier League (PPL) while National Championship (B-Division) is known as the Pakistan Football Federation League (PFF league). There is also a national knock-out competition called the National Football Challenge Cup. Another league, the Geo Super Football League, created recently in 2007, runs during the off season of the PPL.
Pakistan Premier League
Pakistan Football Federation
Football Challenge Cup
Super Football League
Women's Football
In 2005, a National Championship was set up for women’s football clubs. In the first season, matches only lasted 60 minutes due to concerns of players' fitness but were later made the normal 90 minutes.
The Punjab Women's team won the first finals beating WAPDA 1-0, but the game became infamous over the 'flare-up' between both teams.
The football federation brought over German Monika Staab to train women footballers before the third National Championship. Their goal was to create a national team, and play competitive international football. The PFF had set up two fixtures against Afghanistan, but the Afghans pulled out due to injuries when they had come over to play in the National Championship.
Clubs and championships
Most of the top level clubs are run by businesses or government departments which fund a variety of other sports as well.
There are 720 football clubs in Pakistan. 14 clubs play in the PPL (Pakistan Premier League) and 5 play in the Geo Super Football League.
Championships
PIA is the most successful club, winning 9 championships. The current champions are the Pakistan Army, winners of the PPL league in the 2006/07 season.
The newly launched professional Geo Super Football League in collaboration between the PFF and GEO Super having its own city-based teams as well as televised matches is a fresh concept for club football in Pakistan. Although the status of this competition seems to be separate from the PPL.
Future
Pakistani football is still undergoing changes to its structure at domestic level, football has been gaining popularity throughout the 2000s-present with many amateur clubs appearing playing quality football. Football at school/college/university level has become very popular especially the annual Karachi United school tournament. Things are beginning to look more settled then they were before 2003, with the PFF plan for Pakistan's full participation in every FIFA/AFC organised tournament, has helped bring a level of maturity in Pakistani football, particularly in the national team.
Recent improved results in the final rounds of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification and the 2006 Asian Games have given Pakistan supporters a reason to be optimistic for further improvements down the road. There is some speculation and hope that the improved performances by the Pakistan national football team may make it feature into the main AFC qualifying rounds for 2010 FIFA World Cup as well as reaching the finals of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup via the two AFC Challenge Cup editions of 2008 and 2010.
Pakistan has also had much assistance from FIFA under their Goal Project, in which 'Football Houses' containing a training field, hostel, gymnasium and many other up-to-date facilities, have been built. The first was in Lahore, and others in Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta are to follow. Pakistan is only the country in the world that has been allotted four Goal Projects.
With Pakistan's neighbours introducing professional football, the PFF claimed to be looking at ways to do likewise when they viewed it to be financially viable, with an aim to do this within the next few years.
Karachi United Fc
AFC Asian Cup
Doha 2006
AFC Challenge Cup
Players
Famous players having played for the national team include Muhammad Essa, Abdul Ghafoor, Wali Muhammad T.T Singh, Gohar Zaman, Haroon Yousaf, Sarfraz Rasool, Zesh Rehman, Tanveer Ahmed, Jaffar Khan, Abdul Khaliq Baloch and Hajra Khan as the Most Valuable Female Player.
Jaffar Khan
Gohar Zaman
Haroon Yousaf
Tanveer Ahmed
Squash
Although hockey is the national sport of Pakistan and cricket is by far the most popular one; the sport in which Pakistan has achieved most success is squash. Pakistan dominated squash like no other country in the world, the domination lasting for the best part of 5 decades. It reached its peak in the 1980s and 1990s during the reigns of Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan. Between 1950 and 1997, Pakistan amassed over 30 British Open titles, 14 World Open titles and a lot more PSA professional titles.
Jahangir Khan
Jahan Sher Khan
Hashim Khan
Amir Khan, yasir Butt, Danish Khan
History
Hashim Khan was the first Pakistani to dominate the sport. Having been a squash coach in the British Army, when Pakistan gained independence he joined as a coach for the Pakistan Air Force. It was here he impressed the officers with his skills that they sent him to England to compete out of their own pocket. Despite being in his late forties, Hashim Khan showed great skill and speed and in 1951 competed in the prestigious British Open.
It was here he laid the foundation of Pakistani dominance in Squash. Hashim defeated 4 times winner the current champion Mahmoud Karim of Egypt in devastating fashion, 9-5, 9-0, 9-0.
He went on to win British Open titles, 7 titles over 8 years, the only time his supremacy over the championship was broken, he lost to fellow Pakistani and his cousin Roshan Khan.
Pakistani control over the British Open and the World Open which was created in 1976, the names of such great maestros such as Azam Khan, Roshan Khan, Mo Khan, Qamar Zaman, Jahangir Khan, and Jansher Khan have dominated the sport.
Of these, Jahangir Khan is considered by many to be the greatest player ever the grace a squash court. During his career he won the World Open six times and the British Open a record ten times. Between 1981 and 1986, he was unbeaten in competitive play for five years. During that time he won 555 matches consecutively. This was not only the longest winning streak in squash history, but also one of the longest unbeaten runs by any athlete in top-level professional sports.
However, since 1998, when Jansher Khan was defeated in the British Open final, Pakistan quash has fallen from its height and now no longer is the dominant force in squash. No Pakistani since has reached the final of either the British or World Open.
Pakistan I versus Pakistan II in 1976: From left, Mohibullah Jr/Gogi/Torsam/Sajjid Munir/Omer
Mo Khan hands off dominance in North America to Sharif Khan at the North American Open.
Roshan, Azam and Mo, all British Open winners. (photo © 2000 Squashtalk, Jahangir Khan Collection)
Jahangir always rose to the occasion at the BritishOpen with domination and grace.
Present
Pakistan host a number of international squash tournaments and have many professional training centres around the country. Pakistani squash players still have a big presence in both the men’s and women’s games, but no one player has reached the standards of past players.
Athletics
Pakistan has never won any athletic medal in Olympics. Her athletes do not get chance to participate in World Athletic Cup competition due to poor standard. But Pakistan has been a force to be reckoned with in the Asian Games. the SAF Games and the Commonwealth Games. Many Pakistani athletes won medals and even held records for many years in these prestigious competitions. The fifties were the golden era of the Pakistani athletics. The whole world has, made rapid progress in athletics, Pakistan's downfall in this sport has been both surprising and painful. But the more pitiable fact is that Pakistan's participation in the Asian Games and the Asian Athletic Championship has also been a mere formality for a number of years. The Pakistani athletes seldom win any medal in these competitions. Athletics are the "mother" of other sports as well. Without making systematic progress in athletics, Pakistan cannot hope to find her rightful place among the comity of sporting nations of the world.
Pakistan produced very good athletes, who-dominated the Asian athletic scene for a number of years. Some of them created the Asian Games records. which were broken after a lot of effort by the other Asian athletes. The one time 'Fastest man of Asia' Abdul Khaliq belonged to Pakistan. He was seldom beaten in the one hundred and two hundred meters sprints in the Asian Games-athletic events. His record stood for quite sometime. Ghulam Raziq was the greatest high hurdler of Asia. He was included in the ten best hurdlers of his time. Ghulam Raziq had the rare honour of reaching the semi-final of the two successive Olympics at Melbourne (1956) and Rome (1960) in the 110m hurdles race.
Athletics of Pakistan
Athletics of Pakistan
Naseem Hamees
Pakistan in olympic
Pakistan has also produced stalwarts in other athletic events as well. Sharif Butt had a very good record in sprints. Mubarak Shah performed extraordinarily in the long-distance race (5,000 meters and 10,000 meters races). Jalal was a very good javelin thrower. Nawaz excelled in javelin throwing, lqbal, Malik Noor and Yousaf Malik were outstanding hammer throwers. Muhammad Ramzan won fame in broad jumping. Allah Ditta and Saparas Khan brought glory to Pakistan in pole vaulting.
When the great Pakistani athletes faded in the early sixtees, it was Muhammad Younus who kept Pakistan's flag flying in athletic competition during the Asian Games. This middle distance runner of Pakistan excelled in the 1500 meters races. He was assisted by athletes like Yousaf Malik, Norman Brinkworth and Allah Dad, who won silver or bronze medals to keep Pakistan among the medal winning nations of Asia. After, their retirement, the participation of the Pakistani athletes in the Asian Games has become mere formalities.
| S.No. | Name | Year | Award |
| 1 | Havildar Abdul Khaliq | 1958 | Pride of Performance |
| 2 | Subedar Muhammad Iqbal | 1959 | Pride of Performance |
| 3 | Dafadar Mubarak Shah | 1963 | Pride of Performance |
| 4 | Jamadar Ghulam Raziq | 1964 | Pride of Performance |
| 5 | Subedar Muhammad Nawaz | 1966 | Pride of Performance |
| 6 | Hony Lt. Muhammad Younis | 1990 | Pride of Performance |
| 7 | Mr. Ghulam Abbas | 1992 | Pride of Performance |
| 8 | Mr. Ghulam Noorani Khan | 1996 | Pride of Performance |
| 9 | Miss Naseem Hamid | 2010 | Pride of Performance |
| 10 | Maj.S.A. Hameed | 1960 | Tamgha-i-Imtiaz |
| 11 | Mr.Muhammad Talib | 1997 | Tamgha-i-Imtiaz |
| 12 | Miss Shabana Akhtar | 1998 | Tamgha-i-Imtiaz |
Billiards and snooker
The Billiards Association of Pakistan was formed in 1958 and retired Justice H.B. Tayyabji became its first President. The first national amateur championship of Billiards was organised in 1959 and Snooker in 1960. Mr. Fakharuddin Tawawala participated in the deliberations that resulted in the formation of the World Amateur Billiards and Snooker Federation. This body is responsible for the organisation of the World Amateur Championship of Billiards and Snooker. Pakistan, by a unanimous vote, was entrusted the responsibilities of organising the second World Amateur Championship in 1965. But due to war with India, she could stage it in 1966.
National champions of England. Scotland. Ceylon and Australia also participated in that championship. The increasing popularity of billiards and snooker prompted the organisers to revive the association in 1979. Three more national amateur billiards and snooker championships have been organised since then, with the last one seeing as many as 114 entrants including a female.
National champions of England. Scotland. Ceylon and Australia also participated in that championship. The increasing popularity of billiards and snooker prompted the organisers to revive the association in 1979. Three more national amateur billiards and snooker championships have been organised since then, with the last one seeing as many as 114 entrants including a female.
Mr. Fakharuddin Tawawala
Mohammed Yousuf
Imran Shahzad
Muhammad Sajjad
Mohammed Yousuf
- Achievements
- 1994 ISBF World Snooker Champion
- 1998 Asian Champion
- 2006 IBSF World Masters Champion
Boxing
Boxing is among the very few sports, in which Pakistan has made slow but steady progress despite general deteriorating standards. One is astonished to mark the progress keeping in view the fact that there is not a single gymnasium or indoor stadium of international standard.
The Pakistani boxers also lack necessary equipment and other facilities which have made the other countries leading boxing nations of the world. More surprising is the tact that the Pakistani personalia have climbed up the top berths in the organisational set-up of world amateur boxing by dint of sheer hard-work and individualistic efforts. Mr. Anwar Chaudhry, a Professor of engineering in Karachi University was at present the President of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA). This is no small achievement by any standards.
The Pakistani boxers also lack necessary equipment and other facilities which have made the other countries leading boxing nations of the world. More surprising is the tact that the Pakistani personalia have climbed up the top berths in the organisational set-up of world amateur boxing by dint of sheer hard-work and individualistic efforts. Mr. Anwar Chaudhry, a Professor of engineering in Karachi University was at present the President of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA). This is no small achievement by any standards.
Pakistan Boxing Ring
Haroon khan
Amir khan
Pakistan Boxing gloves
The first National Boxing championship was held at Karachi in 1948.
The Pakistani pugilists have been winning honours in the Asian Games and Asian Boxing Championships ever since they started taking part in these continental contests. Pakistan's Samad Mir won the only Commonwealth Boxing medal (a Bronze) in 1970 Games at Edinburgh.
Due to Organisation of regular international contest in Asian region such as the King Cup - Bangkok and President's Cup - Manila and Jakarta, ,the Pakistani boxers have had access to them and benefited fully from them, thus raising standard to a respectable degree. If the progress shown during the last decade or so is maintained. Pakistan will find its place among the comity of boxing nations of the world much sooner than many experts can visualize even.
Golf
Golf is the only game in which Pakistan literally started from a scratch. The game was introduced and patronsied in the Sub-Continent by the British. After partition a big void was created and the game might have been extinct in Pakistan had not we had a few die-hards who made an enormous effort to keep the game alive. Foremost among them were TajuddinSalimi of PWR Club. Lahore and Rashid Habib of Karachi in West Pakistan and Maj. Mohsin Ali in the East Wing. Until 1958 Lahore with its two golf clubs, the Lahore Gymkhana and PVTR Club and Tea Estate Golf Clubs in East Pakistan were the main centres of golfing activities.
Golf
Golf
Golf
Golf
In 1960, the Pakistan Golf Union was formed with Karachi, Dacca, Rawalpindi, Lahore Gymkhana and PWR as its founder members, with Chief Justice Cornelius as its first President and Rashid Habib the Vice President, TajuddinSalimi was elected Honorary Secretary and held this office till 1965, when he became the official coach of the PGU.
Since 1971, new clubs have come up in Pakistan at places like Kharian, Jhelum, Multan, Gujranwala, Okara and Bahawalpur with Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi also developing additional Golf Courses. In Pakistan, these days clubs have affiliation with Pakistan Golf Federation and the Provincial Golf Associations. Golf membership is on the increase and about 5,000 members test their skill on these golf courses.
New youngsters have improved their game and are representing Pakistan. Sajid, Javed, Khurram Khan, lqbalWali have the talent to match players like TaimurHasan and other top stars like GhiasBhatti, Faisal Quershi, WaqarSaigol and a few others. The professional players like Shafiq, MahmoodHussain and Nazir have also been doing well in the competitions and helping in the promotion of golf in Pakistan.
Since 1971, new clubs have come up in Pakistan at places like Kharian, Jhelum, Multan, Gujranwala, Okara and Bahawalpur with Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi also developing additional Golf Courses. In Pakistan, these days clubs have affiliation with Pakistan Golf Federation and the Provincial Golf Associations. Golf membership is on the increase and about 5,000 members test their skill on these golf courses.
New youngsters have improved their game and are representing Pakistan. Sajid, Javed, Khurram Khan, lqbalWali have the talent to match players like TaimurHasan and other top stars like GhiasBhatti, Faisal Quershi, WaqarSaigol and a few others. The professional players like Shafiq, MahmoodHussain and Nazir have also been doing well in the competitions and helping in the promotion of golf in Pakistan.
Volleyball
Volleyball is played by two teams of six players on a court divided by a net. The object is to send, or 'volley' the ball over the net and score the most points - these are earned by making the ball touch the ground on the opposition's side of the court. Players can use their arms and hands to hit the ball a maximum of three times in their own court before it must be hit over the net to the opposition side.
The ball is put in play with a service: hit by the server over the net to their opponents. The round continues until the ball is grounded on the playing court, goes out of the marked lines on the court or a team fails to return it properly.
The team that wins that round scores a point. When the receiving team wins a point, it gains a point and the right to serve, and its players rotate one position clockwise.
The ball is put in play with a service: hit by the server over the net to their opponents. The round continues until the ball is grounded on the playing court, goes out of the marked lines on the court or a team fails to return it properly.
The team that wins that round scores a point. When the receiving team wins a point, it gains a point and the right to serve, and its players rotate one position clockwise.
Ismail khan
Pakistan match
Pakistan vs india
Pakistani player in action
Volleyball in Pakistan
Pakistan Volleyball Federation was founded on 31st January, 1955. Thereafter, volleyball was taken up at the national level. The Federation received recognition and was affiliated to the Pakistan Olympic Association and the International Volleyball Federation the same year.
In Pakistan, during the fifties and sixties, the standard of volleyball was quite high and comparable to the best Asian countries. Pakistan had the honour of winning a bronze medal during the 1962 Asian Games at Jakarta where the matches were played outdoor.
Tennis
Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) is the governing body of tennis in Pakistan. It has played vital role in the development of domestic, national and international tennis in Pakistan.It has produced number of young talented players. It also governed teams such as Pakistan Fed Cup team and Pakistan Davis Cup team.
Aisam-ul-Haq
Saeed Hai
Hamid-ul-Haq
Aqeel Khan
Davis Cup History of Pakistan Tennis (1948-2010)
In March 1920 All Indian Lawn Tennis Association (AILTA) was formed at Lahore and after getting the Independence from British in 1947 a separate All Pakistan Lawn Tennis Association was formed and Pakistan played its first Davis Cup competition against Switzerland on 2nd May 1948 at Switzerland in which leading ace players Mr. Iftikhar Ahmed and Mehmood Alam were played for Pakistan. Mr. Iftikhar Ahmed won his both singles matches in a convincing manner against European players M/s Hounder and M.Albrecht 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 and 6-1 7-5 1-6 4-6 6-4 respectively.
In April 1950, Pakistan’s first Davis Cup victory was created by Mr. Iftikhar Ahmed and Mehmood Alam when both players whitewashed Philippines 5-0 at Manila.
In 1984 Pakistan reached the Final of Eastern Zone by beating the strongest team of the Asian Group like Malaysia, 4-1 (January 1984), Indonesia 4-1 (March 1984), Thailand 4-1 (May 1984) but lost the final against Japan.
In 1988 when the format of Davis Cup was changed from Eastren Zone to Asia Oceania Group I & II, Pakistan was placed in Group-II, Pakistan again reached at the Final of AO G2 but unable to maintain the winning lead in the final against Hong Kong.
In 1989 Pakistan Tennis was in full swing and maintained the winning pace by beating the Kuwait, Bangladesh and Thailand and qualify for the Asia Oceania Group-1.
In the year 2002 Pakistan Tennis Team was again in its finest shape and beat Malaysia 4-1, Chinese Taipei 4-1 in the 1st and semi-final round respectively. In the Final of AO G-II Pakistan beat the strongest team of Asia, China P.R 3-2 in a convincing victory and reached into the Asia Oceania Group-I and continue to maintain the position in same group upto 2005.
In the year 2005 Pakistan leading Ace players Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Aqeel Khan create history when they continuously maintained the winning track by beating the strongest teams like New Zealand in 2004, Thailand in 2005 and Chinese Taipei 4-1 in the final of AO G-I and qualify for World Group Playoff for the first time in the history of Pakistan Tennis.
During the excellent playing record of Davis Cup in the Asia Region Pakistan produced renowned tennis players like Iftikhar Ahmed, Saeed Hai, Saeed Meer, Haroon Rahim, Islam-ul-Haq, Hameed-ul-Haq, Rashid Malik, Mushaf Zia, Muhammad Khaliq, Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Aqeel Khan. Our youngest player Haroon Rahim who played Davis Cup at the age of 15 year 107 days while the oldest player is Hamid-ul-Haq who played Davis Cup till at the age of 35 years 34 days. Our Leading tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi played longest Rubber 5 hrs 20 minutes against Mark Nielson New Zealand in September 2004 at Islamabad and longest tie during was also against New Zealand which lasted 16 hrs 20 minutes.
In April 1950, Pakistan’s first Davis Cup victory was created by Mr. Iftikhar Ahmed and Mehmood Alam when both players whitewashed Philippines 5-0 at Manila.
In 1984 Pakistan reached the Final of Eastern Zone by beating the strongest team of the Asian Group like Malaysia, 4-1 (January 1984), Indonesia 4-1 (March 1984), Thailand 4-1 (May 1984) but lost the final against Japan.
In 1988 when the format of Davis Cup was changed from Eastren Zone to Asia Oceania Group I & II, Pakistan was placed in Group-II, Pakistan again reached at the Final of AO G2 but unable to maintain the winning lead in the final against Hong Kong.
In 1989 Pakistan Tennis was in full swing and maintained the winning pace by beating the Kuwait, Bangladesh and Thailand and qualify for the Asia Oceania Group-1.
In the year 2002 Pakistan Tennis Team was again in its finest shape and beat Malaysia 4-1, Chinese Taipei 4-1 in the 1st and semi-final round respectively. In the Final of AO G-II Pakistan beat the strongest team of Asia, China P.R 3-2 in a convincing victory and reached into the Asia Oceania Group-I and continue to maintain the position in same group upto 2005.
In the year 2005 Pakistan leading Ace players Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Aqeel Khan create history when they continuously maintained the winning track by beating the strongest teams like New Zealand in 2004, Thailand in 2005 and Chinese Taipei 4-1 in the final of AO G-I and qualify for World Group Playoff for the first time in the history of Pakistan Tennis.
During the excellent playing record of Davis Cup in the Asia Region Pakistan produced renowned tennis players like Iftikhar Ahmed, Saeed Hai, Saeed Meer, Haroon Rahim, Islam-ul-Haq, Hameed-ul-Haq, Rashid Malik, Mushaf Zia, Muhammad Khaliq, Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Aqeel Khan. Our youngest player Haroon Rahim who played Davis Cup at the age of 15 year 107 days while the oldest player is Hamid-ul-Haq who played Davis Cup till at the age of 35 years 34 days. Our Leading tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi played longest Rubber 5 hrs 20 minutes against Mark Nielson New Zealand in September 2004 at Islamabad and longest tie during was also against New Zealand which lasted 16 hrs 20 minutes.
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