SOCCER: Probables list reduced

Published
0

LAHORE, Oct 9: The probables’ list of the Pakistan youth football team has been reduced to 30 from 40 by the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF).

The team is to take part in the AFC championship qualifying round (Group-E) to be played at Dushanbe, Tajikistan in November this year.

Pakistan will take on Uzbekistan on Nov 23 and Tajikistan on Nov 25 at the Republican Central Stadium having capacity of 20,000. The all-central Asian encounter between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan will be played on Nov 27.

Probables:

Goalkeepers: Imran (Army), Bilal Rafiq (Wohaib Club), Ghulam Nabi (Balochistan), Tariq Mehmood (Army).

Defenders: Akmal (Sindh), M. Waseem (NWFP), Omair Aslam (Islamabad), Bashir (Balochistan), Naqeeb Ullah (NWFP), Shehbaz (Army), Khalid Zaman (NWFP), Azam (Sindh), Adnan (Punjab), Zubair Moazam (Punjab), Yasir Afridi (FATA).

Midfielders: Nadeem Abbas (Punjab), Awais Shinwari (FATA), Jadeed Khan (Balochistan), Asmat Khan (Balochistan), Khalid Munir (Army), Waqas Ali (Balochistan), Asghar (Balochistan), Faisal Ikram (NWFP).

Forwards: Abbas Ali (Balochistan), Abdul Wahab (Sindh), Ali Ehsan (Punjab), Abdul Rehman (AJK), Muhammad Ishtiaq (Sindh), Tanvir (Punjab), Imran Hashmi (Balochistan).

Opinion

Editorial

Yemen offensive
Updated 04 Oct, 2026

Yemen offensive

The best option, therefore, is for Muslim and Arab states to help restore the Saudi-Houthi ceasefire.
Growth transition
04 Oct, 2026

Growth transition

PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent call to move from stabilisation to growth, job creation and export ...
Protection at risk
04 Oct, 2026

Protection at risk

THE recent warning from UNHCR should alarm donor governments. Nearly 8.3m refugees and other forcibly displaced...
Talks, at last
Updated 03 Oct, 2026

Talks, at last

The government’s constant threats to suspend KP’s elected dispensation over a political protest have escalated hostilities considerably. In that context, both sides did well to start talking.
IWT’s future
Updated 03 Oct, 2026

IWT’s future

TOGETHER with the Kashmir dispute, India’s unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty has become the biggest...
Pained minds
03 Oct, 2026

Pained minds

IN Pakistan, mental healthcare is wedged between two extremes — a luxury or a stigma. Estimates cited by the...