{"id":21729,"date":"2025-08-27T20:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=21729"},"modified":"2025-08-27T20:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:01:07","slug":"fih-pro-league-centre-approves-rs250m-grant-for-pakistan-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/08\/27\/fih-pro-league-centre-approves-rs250m-grant-for-pakistan-hockey\/","title":{"rendered":"FIH Pro League: Centre approves Rs250m grant for Pakistan hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The federal government has approved a grant of Rs250 million for the Pakistan hockey team&#8217;s participation in the forthcoming FIH Pro League.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to details, the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has issued a notification of the grant approval. The PSB has asked the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) to issue the collective plan within three days of time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the plan, it will be compulsory to provide the details of thee Pakistan&#8217;s team travel schedule, logistic facilities, administrative affairs and training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is pertinent to note that the federal government has approved an aggregate fund of Rs400 million. Out of the total fund, Rs250 million has been allocated to the PHF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remaining Rs150 million has been allocated to the first National Youth Games in Islamabad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government has approved a grant of Rs250 million for the Pakistan hockey team&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FIH Pro League: Centre approves Rs250m grant for Pakistan hockey - Rapid News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/08\/27\/fih-pro-league-centre-approves-rs250m-grant-for-pakistan-hockey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FIH Pro League: Centre approves Rs250m grant for Pakistan hockey - 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