KARACHI, Jan 3 AFC Aid-17 coaches Hasan Baloch and Zafar Iqbal along with members of their selection committee -- Saleem Arab, Pir Mohammad, Usman, Bahadar Ali and Mohammad Jamil -- have announced the names of 40 players to represent their teams in the forthcoming Pakistan Football Federation`s (PFF) Under-13 Youth Cup.

The players are requested to report at the CDGK Stadium along with their NADRA `B` form, two passport-size photos and complete kits at 2.00pm on Jan 5.

The players Mohammad Hammad, Ali Azhar, Noman Murad, Nabeel Saleem, Naeem Ahmed, Danisdh Saleem, Umeed Bachar, Mueed Murad, Habib-ur-Rehman, Laeeq Ahmed, Adnan Shah, Najeeb, Badar Ahsan, Ali Bin Niaz, Ijaz Nazeer, Amir Mubarak, Habibullah, Akhtar Nawaz, Mohammad Hashim, Shabiruddin, Najeen Nabi Bakhsh, Raza, Adil Hameed, Faisal Hasan, Abbas, Osama Raza, Zohaib Nisar, Daniyal Saeed, Abbas Lal, Salman Noor, Ifranullah, Babar Faiz, Sohail Babar, Waqar Ahmed, Zeeshan Asghar, Bilal Qasim, Junaid Affendi, Anis Feroz, Israr Ahmed and Faheem Ghafoor.

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