371 member Pakistani contingent will depart on 11th August for participation in 35 disciplines in the Asian Games 2018.
Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) official announced that games of football, bridge, fencing, gymnastics, paragliding, pencak silat, sepak takraw, soft tennis, sports climbing and equestrian is among that 113-member contingent. However the judokas Shah Hussain Shah and Qaiser Khan will be sponsored by the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) for the Asian Games.
The biggest multi-sport games after the Olympic Games, the Asian Games is the most prestigious event organized by the Olympic Council of Asia, with the 18th edition to be held in Jakarta-Palembang from August 18 to September 2, 2018. Where 45 nations will participate in the 465 events of 40 sports.
Following are the Pakistan contingent names for Asian Games 2018:
Archery
Male | Female |
Idrees Majeed | Nabila Kausar |
Badminton
Male | Female |
Irfan Saeed Bhatti | Mahoor Shahzad |
Azeem Sarwar | Sehra Akram |
Rizwan Azam | Ghazala Siddique |
Kashif Ali Sulehri | Saima Waqas |
Judo:
Shah Hussain Shah | Qaiser Khan |
Squash:
Male | Female |
Tayyab Aslam | Madina Zafar |
Amaad Fareed | Faiza Zafar |
Mohammad Asim Khan | Riffat Khan |
Israr Ahmed | Amina Fayaz |
Hockey:
Muhammad Rizwan Sr (captain) | Imran Butt | Amjad Ali |
Muhammad Irfan Sr | Mubashir Ali | Faisal Qadir |
Ammad Shakeel Butt | Touseeq Arshad | Rashid Mahmood |
Tasawar Abbas | Abu Bakar | Ateeq Arshad Dilber |
Umar Bhutta | Shafqat Rasool | Ali Shan |
Junaid Manzoor | Aijaz Ahmed | Hasan Sardar (manager) |
Roelant Oltmans (head coach) | M Saqlain (coach) | Rehan Butt (coach) |
Taekwondo:
Male | Female |
Shahzeb Khan (-57kg) | Aneela Ayesha (-49kg) |
Haroon Khan (-63kg) | Sayeeda Shahzadi(-46kg) |
Mohammad Iqbal (-68kg) | Nimra Wasiq (-53kg) |
Karate
Male | Female |
Nasir Ahmed 67kg | Benish 55kg |
Saadi Abbas 75kg | Kalsoom 68kg |
Baz Muhammad +84kg | Nargis +68kg |
Shah Mehmood Shan(Coach) | Andaleeb Sindhu(Manager) |
Handball:
Muhammad Alaf Nayab (Captain) | Muhammad Nawaz | Zahid Ali |
Hazrat Hussian | Muhmmad Zubair | Salam Ghani (Manager) |
Asif Hayat | Asim Saeed | Azhar Ismail (Associate Manager) |
Muzzamil Hassan | Naseem Ullah | Muhammad Shoaib (Coach) |
Muhammad Shahid Bashir | Nazar Hussian | Muhammad Shahid Pervaz(Team lead) |
Boxing:
Men | Women |
Mohib Ullah (Light flyweight) | Razia Bano (Sindh) |
Syed Muhammad Asif (Flyweight) | Rukhsana(Lahore) |
Naqib Ullah (Bantamweight) |
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Tanveer Ahmed (Middleweight) |
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Saleem Baloch (64 kg) |
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Gul Zaib (69 kg) |
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