By Ijaz Chaudhry
The recently held 4th Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) All Pakistan Hockey Tournament at the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore, was competed by Pakistan's eight leading departmental sides.
All the current members of Pakistan's national senior and junior teams were seen in action.
As always, Pakistan's leading hockey nursery, Dar Hockey Academy, was well represented.
Remarkably, all eight teams had players from Dar HA-30 in total
The Lahore-based academy selects players from all over the country. The outstation players are lodged in a hostel in Lahore. They are provided with free boarding and lodging along with excellent training on modern lines.
30 Dar HA Players at the 4th CNS All Pakistan Hockey Tournament
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (11)
Rana Sohail, Adeel, Bilal Aslam, Ali Hamza, Awais, Faizan, Ahmad, Rizwan Ashiq
Mohsin Marwat, Ali Ansir, Asad Aziz
MARI ENGINEERS (5)
Waseem Akram, Awais Arshad, Aqeel, Mohsin, Sufyan Khan
PAKISTAN ARMY (5)
Anwar, Zain Jani, Usman, Saif Khan, Talha
PAKISTAN RANGERS (4)
Zeshan, Farhan, Tauseef, Haider
PORT QASIM (2)
Ali Aziz, Waqar
NAVY(1)
Waseem
NATIONAL BANK of PAKISTAN (1)
Abid Bhatti
PAKISTAN AIR FORCE (1)
Gul Sher Khan
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