Pakistan Team may miss their first football match at 13th South Asian Games
Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) is still waiting for the Pakistan Olympic Association’s (POA) response to confirmation of accreditation for the country’s men football team which is to feature in the 13th South Asian Games that are to be held in Nepal from 1 to 10 December.
Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) is waiting on the confirmation of Pakistan Olympic Association’s (POA) for accreditation of Pakistan's Football squad that is to feature in the 13th South Asian Games, which will begin from 1st December in Nepal.
A Senior official of PSB said that,
“Yes, we are still waiting for the accreditation confirmation. After that we will be in a position to take further steps including flight scheduling.”
While a Senior official of POA informed that the accreditation process had been started. However, it is feared that Pakistan might miss their first game. There is no schedule available with either PSB or the Normalisation Committee which has been appointed by FIFA. The NC has contacted Nepal’s football authorities through email but has not received any reply.
The Pakistan Football Team is currently training at Jinnah Football Stadium in Islamabad hosted by the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB).
Players at the training camp are namely stated below:
Goalkeepers: Saqib Hanif, Ahsan Ullah, Mohammad Umer, Mohammad Fahim, Nasrullah, Yasir, Salman Ul Haq;
Defenders: Waqar Ihtisham, Noor Muhammad, Naveed Ahmad, Ali Khan Niazi, Mehdi Hassan, Waseem Asghar, Mohammad Khuram, Abdul Qadeer, Mamoon Moosa Khan, Saeed Khan, Asad Ullah, Mohammad Sohail, Shoaib Nisar, Shahzad, Sardar Wali, Sami Ullah;
Midfielders: Saddam Hussain, Umair Ali, Mohammad Sohail, Ansar Abbas, Arsalan Ali, Mansoor, Ali Uzair Mehmood, Zain Ul Abideen Ishaque, Adnan Saeed, Mohammad Afzal, Alamgir Khan Ghazi, Shayak Doost, Mohammad Bilal, Touqeer Ul Hassan, Mohammad Saleh, Zaid Umer;
Forwards: Saad Ullah, Iftikhar Ali Khan, Jadeed Khan, Sher Ali, Shah Zaib Masood, Mohammad Waheed, Farhan Khan, Aqib Ali.
