After the poor performances following the 2010 Hockey World Cup the coach Shahid Ali Khan was sacked along with several other senior personnel and the entire squad announced their voluntary retirment following the poor performances however the PHF President refused to accept their resignations and the players continue to play for the team. It also emerged that the squad had been forced to annonce their retirment by a Asif Bajwa a senior official.[3] Former Pakistani hockey player Shahbaz Ahmad announced that he would be willing to coach the team for free and he had been approached by the PHF however he also mentioned that he would not take the position unless Asif Bajwa was sacked.[4] [5] Following this restructure the squad has seen somewhat of a resurgence with a 5-5 draw against the mighty Australians who won the 2010 Hockey World Cup.[6] They also thrashed egypt 6-2. [7] The PHF is currently on the hunt for a foreign coach but presently gave the assignment of coaching to Khawaja Junaid.[8] German coach Paul Lissek along with Australian Barry Dancer and Dutch coach Michel van den Heuvel was on the list however because of the current security situation it wasn't possible [9] The Dutch coach Michael van den Heuvel landed in Pakistan to come to agreement with the hockey federation for a possible coaching stint with the team. [10] While a deal is being planned Kwahaja Junaid returned to coaching the junior team while Manzoor Hussain has been appointed as the temporary coach of the team.[11] A few days later the Pakistan Hockey Federation announced that Michel van den Heuvel has been appointed as pakistan hockey coach [12] with a pay of 10,000 euros. [13
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