Benish Hayat

Benish Hayat also spelt as Binish Hayat is a former international field hockey player and current international umpire from Pakistan. To date, she is Pakistan's only international women umpire.

Since 2017, she has the status of a "Promising Umpire" which entitles her to officiate in matches throughout the world.

Career (player) Hayat took up playing hockey during her college days at Government College for Women, Wahdat Road, Lahore in 2002.

National During her entire playing career (2004–2011), Hayat represented WAPDA. where the team placed 4th. The team qualified for the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar but later withdrew.

Career (Umpiring) Her mentor is the Pakistani international umpire, Haider Rasool.

International Hayat umpired her first match in December 2012 at the Women Asia Cup held in Singapore In 2013, as a result of her performance at the Asian Challenge in Bangkok, Thailand she was officially given the status of an "International Umpire" by the FIH. She has attended courses including the Olympic Solidarity Technical Course for Coaches and FIH Qualified Hockey Academy Educator. She was the on field umpire in 4 matches, reserve umpire in 2 and video umpire in 1. 3 September 2015 Junior Asia Cup Women Changzhou, China Under 21 outdoor Umpire 4 -- 3 February 2016 South Asian Games Men Guwahati, India Senior outdoor Neutral Umpire 0 -- -- February 2016 South Asian Games Women Guwahati, India Senior outdoor Neutral Umpire 4 -- -- October 2016 4th Women's AHF Cup Women Bangkok, Thailand Senior outdoor Umpire 5 -- 4 August 2017 SEA Games Women Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Senior outdoor Neutral Umpire 4 -- 1 January 2018 Asian Games Qualifiers Women Bangkok, Thailand Senior outdoor National Umpire 7 -- 2 July 2018 Hockey Series Open - Singapore Women Singapore Senior outdoor Neutral Umpire 3 2 August–September 2018 Asian Games Women Jakarta, Indonesia Senior outdoor Umpire 4 1 2 September 2019 AirAsia Women's Junior AHF Cup Women Singapore Under 21 outdoor Neutral Umpire 4 1

Hockey Academy In 2016, Hayat established the Canex Hockey Academy in Lahore to train girls between the ages of 8 and 13.