{
  "id": 7351818,
  "title": "Pakistan’s visit to India for Asian Champions Trophy subject to government clearance, says PHF chief Wani",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/pakistans-visit-to-india-for-asian-champions-trophy-subject-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T15:36:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2029902/pakistans-visit-to-india-for-asian-champions-trophy-subject-to-government-clearance-says-phf-chief-wani"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pakistan's Hockey Federation president Mohyuddin Ahmed Wani declared on Monday that the national team's participation in India's upcoming Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament will depend on government clearance. Indian Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had previously claimed that Pakistan would take part in the event, which is scheduled to take place from October 27 to November 5. The tournament will feature six teams, including hosts India, Pakistan, China, Japan, Malaysia, and South Korea. Matches will be played in Jalandhar, with the semi-finals and final in Mohali. India's sports policy prohibits bilateral sporting engagements with Pakistan, but the Sports Ministry maintains that the two nations can compete in multi-lateral events in line with the Olympic Charter. Pakistan withdrew from last year's Junior World Cup in Tamil Nadu due to heightened tensions between the nations, but Hockey India secretary general Bhola Nath Singh described relations between the two countries' hockey federations as \"excellent.\" The Asian Champions Trophy is being organized under the Asian Hockey Federation's aegis and was not held in 2023. India won the 2023 and 2024 tournaments, for which Pakistan participated in both years.",
  "summary": "Pakistan’s proposed tour to India for next month’s Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament is subject to government clearance, the president of the country’s hockey federation Mohyuddin Ahmed Wani said on Monday, after Indian Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann claimed that Pakistan would participate in the event. Wani, who is also federal secretary of the Ministry of Inter-Provincial…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}