KARACHI: Pakistan hockey squad returned home from London Olympics and received a varied reception at the Allama Iqbal International Airport.
Several angry fans greeted them with screams of “shame shame” while others raised slogans in
their admiration.
Pakistan was sent out of Olympics after it was beaten by Australia by seven goals in a pool
match to settle for a seventh-place finish.
The players came out of the airport terminal with a crowd waiting for them carrying banners
and placards.
On one side, some protesters called out “shame shame” and urged Pakistan officials to resign
immediately while on the other hand, fans cheered the players and raised slogans in their
favour.
The players and officials were brought out of the airport surrounded by security-men.
“They had high expectations from us and that is understandable but people must also face
reality. I think given our team we did very well to finish seventh and our performance was
satisfactory,” said Captain Sohail Abbas.
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