{"id":17639,"date":"2025-08-27T18:06:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17639"},"modified":"2025-08-27T18:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:06:04","slug":"govt-approves-rs-250m-for-pakistan-hockey-teams-participation-in-fih-pro-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17639","title":{"rendered":"Govt approves Rs. 250m for Pakistan hockey team\u2019s participation in FIH Pro League"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The federal government on Wednesday sanctioned a financial assistance package of Rs250 million for the Pakistan hockey team\u2019s participation in the upcoming FIH Pro League.\u00a0<br \/>\nAccording to a letter released by the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB), an additional Rs 400 million has been allocated from the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) to provide funds to the sports federation.<br \/>\nFrom the amount released, Rs 250 million will be provided to the PHF for the expenses of the national team\u2019s participation in the marquee event,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRs 150 million has been allocated for the organization to host the first National Youth Games, which will be held in Islamabad,\u201d it added.<br \/>\nFurthermore, the PSB has instructed the PHF to outline a plan for the Pakistan hockey team\u2019s participation in the Pro League within three days, which includes details of the travel schedule, administrative and logistical matters, and training program.<br \/>\nA month earlier, the Pakistan hockey team received a formal invitation from the FIH to participate in the Hockey Pro League, scheduled to take place in December this year.<br \/>\nThe invitation followed New Zealand\u2019s decision not to participate in the FIH Hockey Pro League due to financial constraints.<br \/>\nConsequently, the FIH gave PHF a deadline to inform about its decision to accept or decline the invitation.<br \/>\nFor context, the FIH Pro League began in 2019 and is contested annually by the top nine national hockey teams, as ranked.<br \/>\nThe team with the highest points at the end of the tournament is crowned Champion and awarded the Pro League Trophy.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government on Wednesday sanctioned a financial assistance package of Rs250 million for the Pakistan hockey team\u2019s participation in the upcoming FIH Pro League.\u00a0 According to a letter released by the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB), an additional Rs 400 million has been allocated from the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) to provide funds to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}