LAHORE: The Pakistan Handball Federation has announced men and women squads for the 12th South Asian Games being held in Guwahati and Shillong, India from Feb 5 to 16.

Pakistan men’s team are placed in pool ‘A’ alongside Nepal and Afghanistan, while India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka form pool ‘B’.

Pakistan will play their first match against Afghanistan on Feb 10.

Pakistan women’s team are in pool ‘B’ with Bangladesh, Afghanistan and the Maldives. The pool ‘A’ contains India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Squads:

Men:

Tahir Ali (captain), Mohammad Shahid Pervaiz, (vice-captain), Mohammad Uzair Atif, Asif Ali, Mohammad Usman Anjum, Mohammad Zubair, Mohammad Mobeen Ashraf, Zakir Hussain, Imran Khan, Shahzad Tariq, Asim Saeed, Khurram Shahzad, Hazrat Hussian, Asif Hayat.

Officials:

Mohammad Aamer (manager); Mohammad Imran, Azhar-ul-Haq (coaches).

Women’s:

Parveen Akhtar (captain), Ayesha Dilshad, Maria Ghulam Mohammad, Ghazala Siddique, Sajida Parveen, Amna Ashiq, Amina Shahzadi, Asma Attique, Asma Akram, Samreen Akhtar, Sadia Iqbal, Saiqa Riaz, Zahra Nisar, Sehar Iqbal.

Officials:

Mohammad Hanif (manager); Naseer Ahmed and Saiqa Ehsan (coaches); Saqlain Kausar (assistant manager)

Published in Dawn, February 2nd, 2016