# Pakistan women's national field hockey team

The Pakistan women's national field hockey team represents Pakistan in international field hockey competitions and is governed by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF).

## History
### Beginnings (1970s–1990s)

The first women's national championships were held in Lahore in 1976. It took another seven years (1983) before the national team played its first international matches, against Ireland, at Karachi and Lahore. Malaysia then visited Pakistan for a series of matches in Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi. Tours by China (1985) and Zimbabwe (1986) followed in the following years. Pakistan won all these series.
In 1995, Pakistan drew an exhibition game against Germany 1–1. The same year, it won a series against Kazakhstan.
In 1996, it finished last at the four-team hockey event at the Islamic Solidarity Women Games held in Islamabad. It then visited China and won the only match against the host team. In 1997, Pakistan hosted a four-nation Golden Jubilee Tournament, with Azerbaijan, China, and Singapore also attending. The home team finished last.

### Further participations (2000s–2020s)

In 2003, Pakistan finished fourth in the second edition of the Women's AHF Cup held in Singapore. It participated in the qualifiers for the 2006 Asian Games, and secured the fourth position. In 2012, Pakistan stood sixth in the third edition of the Women's AHF Cup. In September 2013, Pakistan finished fourth in the Asian Women’s Challenge Cup held in Bangkok, Thailand.
Pakistan qualified for the semi-final place at the 2016 Women's AHF Cup held in Bangkok, Thailand. However, it lost 5–1 against Thailand, and then finished fourth. In 2017, the team participated in three-nation third edition of the Asian Challenge Cup held in Brunei, where it finished runner-up to Hong Kong.
In January 2018, it participated in the Asian Games qualifiers held in Bangkok, finishing sixth out of seven teams.

## Tournament record
### AHF Cup

| No | Year | Host | Position |
| 1 | 1997 | Singapore | - |
| 2 | 2003 | Singapore | 4th |
| 3 | 2012 | Singapore | 6th |
| 4 | 2016 | Thailand | 4th |

## Members

Current as of 1 November 2020.
Current Members :
| Name | Club (domestic) | City | Position | Caps | Goals |
| Rizwana Yasmeen (Captain) | | Gojra | Goalkeeper | 20 | 0 |
| Ambreen Arshad (Vice-captain) | WAPDA | Bahawalpur | Left-in | 28 | 7 |
| Amina Ghaffar | Pakistan Railways | Lahore | | | |
| Ayesha Rafiq | Pakistan Army | Hyderabad | | | |
| Hamra Latif | WAPDA | Lahore | | | |
| Hina Pervaiz | | Lahore | | 16 | 1 |
| Ibra Sheikh | | Lahore | | 11 | 0 |
| Iqra Javed | | Lahore | | | |
| Ishrat Abbas | | Gojra | | 27 | 3 |
| Kalsoom Shehzadi | | Bahawalpur | | 15 | 3 |
| Mayra Sabir | | Bahawalpur | | 28 | 11 |
| Nafeesa Anwar | | Gojra | | 20 | 0 |
| Rushna Khan | | Lahore | Goalkeeper | 6 | 0 |
| Sahrish Waheed | | Lahore | | 11 | 1 |
| Saira Ashraf | WAPDA | Islamabad | | 7 | 0 |
| Taskeen Kausar | | Bahawalpur | | 16 | 0 |
| Zaib-un-Nisa | | Sukkur | | 21 | 0 |
| Zakia Nawaz | | Sheikhpura | | 24 | 0 |
Former Members :
| Name | Position |
| Aamna Mir | Full back |
| Amna Awan | Forward |
| Aqeela Naseem | Full back |
| Asia Sadiq | Full back |
| Azra Nasir | Forward |
| Benish Hayat | Forward |
| Lina Afroz | Full back |
| Nadia | Full back |
| Neelama Hassan | Forward |
| Rabia Qadir (captain) | Forward |
| Razia Malik | Forward |
| Saima Afzal | Full back |
| Saman Rashid | Goalkeeper |
| Sanam Yousaf | Full back |
| Shumaila Hafeez | Forward |
| Sonia Khan | Forward |
| Tahseen Safdar | Goalkeeper |
| Uzma Lal | Forward |