LAHORE, Sept 10: Thirty probables, including two Europe-based Pakistanis Zeeshan Rehman and Mohammad Azeem, were named for the national football training camp to be set up in Islamabad from Sunday.
The camp is being set up to prepare the Pakistan team for home and away matches against Asian champions Iraq at the World Cup qualifiers next month.
Others prominent among the probables are Zahid Hameed, the captain of Pakistan Under-21 team that appeared in Beijing Olympics qualifiers recently, Tanveer Ahmed and Jaffar Khan.
Probables:
Goalkeepers: Jaffar Khan (Army), Ghulam Nabi (Balochistan), Aamir Karachi).
Defenders: Samar Ishaq (KRL), Mohammad Imran (Army), Tanveer Ahmed (Wapda), Kamran Khan (KRL), Zeeshan Rehman (Brighton & Hove Albion), Naveed Akram (Wapda), Mohammad Ahmed (KRL), Haji Mohammad (PIA), Misbah-ul-Haq (NBP), Mohammad Irfan (PIA), Mahmood Khan (NBP).
Midfielders: Adeel Ahmed (KRL), Sufian (Manchester), Abdul Aziz (NBP), Abbas Ali (NBP), Shahid Ahmed (KRL), Mohammad Essa (KRL), Farooq Shah (KRL), Zahid Hameed (Wapda), Mubashar Hussain (Army), Imran Niazi (Wapda).
Forwards: Arif Mahmood (Wapda), Mohammad Qasim (KRL), Imran Hussain (Army), Shakir Lashari (PIA), Mohammad Rasool (KRL), Mohammad Azeem (Sweden).
Officials: Mohammad Irfan Khan Niazi (manager), Akhtar Mohiuddin (coach), Gohar Zaman (assistant coach), Noman Ibrahim (goalkeeping coach).—Sports Correspondent