Pakistan hockey is also in a bad shape. The national team will have to go through qualifiers for the World Cup for the first time. Such is the state of the country's hockey, that there are fears the record four-time world champions might not even qualify for the event to be held in Delhi from Feb 28-March 13.

However, Hasan believes that with proper steps, Pakistan hockey team can win a medal in London.

The POA President who also heads the PST said that hockey has always been the country's hope in spite of the fact that the national team has not won a medal since clinching a bronze in Barcelona in 1992.

'Sports in Pakistan have been on gradual decline and we have not progressed as the rest of the world has. Their coaching and approach towards sports have become more scientific while we have done little about it,' he lamented.