Despite the production of world-class cricket, hockey players and squash champions in 68 years of independence, the number of Olympic medals in Pakistan is an imperfect 10-8 hockey and only two people.
Brazil Olympics marked the low point for Pakistan, because he failed to qualify in hockey for the first time since their first appearance in 1948 London Games.
Three athletes - Shooters Ghulam Mustafa Bashir Hussain Shah and Sohail Minh judoka qualified law on "the continent's share" after racking reasonable record in various international competitions.
There are also four wild cards that are given to all members of the International Olympic. They were taken from swimmers and athletes Swan Liana Harris Banday and Mehboob Ali and Najma Parveen.
Sporting glory is far from the country once enjoyed. As recently as 1994, Pakistan has held world titles in hockey, amateur billiards, squash and cricket. But hockey is an Olympic sport.
follow the money
various sports federations in Pakistan are not flooded with money, but they are not short of funds in a move that could explain the low performance of the country.
Punjab, the most populous province of the country, has allocated $ 50 million in its budget for 2016-17 sports while Khyber Pakthunkhwa historically home to many of the best athletes of Pakistan, set aside $ 17 million.
The funds are allocated randomly, with employment on the basis of patronage and the inflated salaries of civil swallowing large pieces and sports federations individual confused and angry exit.
"The funds do not affect athletes deserve and the sport that has the potential to win a medal is the worst thing," said Ehsan Qureshi, high-level sports journalist.
Iqbal Hussain, head of the Federation of boxing in the country, says his organization has received only $ 3000 playoffs, a decrease of $ 300,000 in 2012.
Commonwealth Games boxing medalist Mohammad Waseem Silver decided to turn pro after seeing no future in amateur games.
"We need to invest a lot of money if we want to win a medal at the Olympics," said Mohammad Inam, who won the gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. "You can not win a single workout, must participate in various competitions and the level is high."
crisis Hockey
The largest decline came to hockey - where Pakistan can boast three gold medals in 1960, 1968 and 1984, but their last bronze was in Barcelona in 1992.
They finished eighth in 2008 and seventh poorest four years later.
The discomfort worsened as Pakistan failed to qualify for the World Cup in 2014 and failed to qualify for Rio.
"It 'a big setback as our hockey team field will be the first time," said President of Pakistan Olympic Association Arif Hassan.
"It hurts because the Pakistan hockey was a strong team that has been our identity," said Hanif Khan, a member of the last gold medal winning team in 1984.
"Today, Pakistan is on the Olympic team, we won four world titles and three Olympic Games ... is disappointing and we are to blame for this."
But there is a glimmer of hope. a better chance of a medal Pakistan Shah Hussain Shah, a judoka who won silver at the Commonwealth Games in 2014 and whose father Hussain Shah won bronze as a boxer Seoul Games in 1988.
"I trained hard in Japan and the victory is my goal to imitate my father," said Shah, who lives and trains in Tokyo. latest news
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