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It was perhaps 1994 and the event was champions trophy, when Pakistan hockey actually did something good for Pakistani nation. 1994 was a fateful year for Pakistan hockey...much like the reign of great Mughal Emperor, Aurangzeb...just as Aurangzeb became the last emperor in the history of India to bring almost all of India under his reign but also proved to be the one who was the last established Emperor of India. In 1994, Pakistan was the proud winner of World Cup in Sydney and Champions Trophy in Lahore but this was also the year after which nation just saw with barren eyes for any major success in international field hockey events. Hockey, which is national support of Pakistan. 1994 gave us the last of our hockey legends as well...Shahbaz Ahmad Senior.
1990 was the last time, Pakistan hockey team won Asian Games hockey tournaments. By that time, Pakistan hockey team had won this on 8 occasions (that roughly means Asian hockey champion for 32 out of 43 years of its existence till then). Such was the excellence, mastery and glory of our national hockey team.
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| Proud like their nation |
And then, there was 2010, another fateful year which the depths of hopelessness experienced when team finished 12th out of 12 teams in Hockey world and the joy experienced today when...after a lapse of 20 long agonizing years, the Pakistan Hockey Team made the whole nation proud again by winning gold in Asian Games Hockey event. May the success always be yours by the grace of the almighty and may this even prove watershed for bringing more and more laurels for a nation starved for good news. A proud capable nation that needs more and more for the effort that it carries every day. In my opinion, this title should be in the name of proud and resilient nation that dwells in this part of the world called OUR PAKISTAN...A happy Asian games hockey triumph for all of Pakistan...
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