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Pak hockey team not to travel to India, by Afzal Khan

Tribune News Service: Islamabad, January 2
The Pakistan government has barred the Pakistan hockey team from touring India for participating in the four-nation tournament, Federal sports minister Pir Aftab Shah announced here Friday.

The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has been intimated about this decision.

Meanwhile, the PHF said that it would honour every government decision in this regard.

The tournament was scheduled to be held during the next month.

The Pakistani decision comes against the backdrop of cancellation of earlier sport exchanges by India including tours of its hockey team and the cricket tour amid tensions in the wake of Mumbai attacks of November 26.