{"id":1039,"date":"2026-06-08T08:32:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2026-06-08T08:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:32:51","slug":"pakistan-reaches-international-football-tournament-final-after-six-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/?p=1039","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Reaches International Football Tournament Final After Six Decades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan&#8217;s national football team has achieved a major international milestone by qualifying for the final of an international tournament after a gap of six decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the semi-final of the Diamond Jubilee Cup, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan 2-0 to secure a place in the final. The Green Shirts delivered an impressive performance and maintained control throughout the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan took an early lead when Umar Nawaz found the back of the net in the 5th minute. Harun Hamid sealed the victory with a second goal during stoppage time, ensuring Pakistan&#8217;s place in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this historic win, Pakistan has not only qualified for the Diamond Jubilee Cup final but has also reached the final of a major international football tournament for the first time in approximately 64 years. The last time Pakistan achieved this feat was in the 1962 Merdeka Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan will now play the Diamond Jubilee Cup final on June 10, with fans hoping for another memorable performance from the national side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&#8217;s national football team has achieved a major international milestone by qualifying for the final of an international tournament after a gap of six decades. In the semi-final of the Diamond Jubilee Cup, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan 2-0 to secure a place in the final. The Green Shirts delivered an impressive performance and maintained control throughout [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1043,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions\/1043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}