FW: Pakistan Hockey Team visit to New Zealand

PRESS RELEASE

PAKISTAN HOCKEY TEAM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
 
Pakistan Hockey Team participated in
the FIH Championship Trophy, an Annual Hockey Tournament, at Auckland from 3-11
December, 2011. 
 
The world’s top 08 hockey teams attended
the Championship. The other teams were, Australia, Germany, Great Britain,
Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand and Spain.
 
H.E. Syed Ibne Abbas, High
Commissioner for Pakistan, hosted a dinner in honour of the visiting national
team and accompanying officials at Auckland on 8 December, 2011. Amongst
others, the dinner was attended by Mr. Qasim Zia, President, Pakistan Hockey
Federation (PHF), Mr. Ross Robertson, MP, Chairperson, New Zealand-Pakistan
Parliamentary Friendship Group, Mr. Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, MP and Dr. Ashraf
Choudhary, former MP.
 
The High Commissioner welcomed the
team to New Zealand and expressed satisfaction on the young squads performance
amongst the world’s best hockey teams. He expressed the hope that the
tournament would provide an excellent opportunity for the national team to prepare
for the forthcoming Olympic games.
 
Mr. Ross Robertson, MP, Chair
NZ-Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship Group, in his remarks emphasized on the
sporting links between the two countries and expressed the hope that these ties
would translate into strengthening bilateral friendship between the two
countries. He commended the High Commissioner’s efforts to strengthen two
countries relations by forging closer ties between the New Zealand and Pakistan
Parliaments.
 
Mr. Kanwaljit Singh MP, who was
announced the same evening, as the new Secretary General of the New
Zealand-Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship Group, also briefly addressed the
gathering. He expressed the hope that Pakistan Hockey Team will reclaim its
rightful place amongst the hockey playing nations in the world.
 
Mr. Qasim Zia, President, Pakistan
Hockey Federation, in his remarks thanked the High Commissioner for hosting the
team. He assured that the hard work of the team members and management shall
bore fruit in the upcoming Olympic games. He also presented a PHF plaque to the
High Commissioner as a memento.
 
Around 80 guests attended the dinner,
including the Pakistani community leaders, Kashmiri representatives,
businesspersons, professionals and members of the Pakistani diaspora.
 
 
PR
No. 10/2011
Wellington
12
December, 2011
 
High Commission for Pakistan
182 Onslow Road, Khandallah
Wellington, New Zealand
Tel. +64 4 4790026
Fax. +64 4 4794315