KARACHI: The national hockey camp, in preparation for the upcoming international assignments, begins at the Abdul Sattar Hockey Stadium on Thursday.

The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has invited 75 probables for the camp. The probables have been asked to report at the stadium by Thursday evening and the regular training will commence the following morning.

The probables will be shortlisted on Jan 22, manager-cum-camp camp commandant former Olympian Hanif Khan told Dawn.

Hanif said he will be assisted by two coaches -- K. M. Junaid and Ahmed Alam (goal-keeping coach) – in the camp. It may be mentioned that the PHF had appointed Hanif and Junaid in Feb last year.

According to him, the national team is likely to feature in two four-nation tournaments being held at Australia and New Zealand, 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup at Malaysia and the World Cup qualifiers.

Probables:

Goal-keepers: Imran Butt (PIA), Amjad Ali (SSGC), Mazhar Abbas (NBP), Ali Raza (NBP), Muneeb-ur-Rehman (SSGC), Hafiz Umair Ali (SNGPL), Ali Haider (PIA) and Waleed Akhtar (Bannu).

Defenders: Asad Aziz (Navy), M. Aleem Bilal (Wapda), Mohammad Irfan (PIA), Nawaz Ishfaq (SSGC), Qazi Asfand (Wapda), Rashid Mahmood (Navy), Tasawwur Abbas (Wapda), M. Faisal Qadir (NBP), Fareed Ahmed (Wapda), Toseeq Arshad (NBP), Mohammad Rizwan Jr (SSGC), Taimoor Malik (PIA), Zohaib Ashraf (Wapda), M. Atif Mushtaq (NBP), Hassan Anwar (Wapda), Mubasshir Ali (NBP), Zahidullah (PAF), Abu Bakar Mahmood (NBP), Faizan (NBP), M. Junaid Kamal (NBP), Mohammad Usman (Railways), Tazeem-ul-Hasan (PIA), Mohammad Adnan (SSGC), Ammad Shakeel Butt (NBP), Kashif Ali (PIA), Sohail Manzoor (Punjab), Amir Sultan (Navy), Mohammad Zubair (Army) and Rehan Arshad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).

Forwards: Mohammad Irfan Jr (Wapda), Fayyaz Yaqoob (Sargodha), Mohammad Umer Bhutta (Wapda), Arslan Qadir (NBP), Ali Shan (SSGC), Ijaz Ahmad (Wapda), M. Rizwan Sr (Army), Rana Mohammad Umair (Wapda), Abdul Haseem Khan (Karachi), Hafiz Husnain (SSGC), Faisal Rasheed (Sheikhupura), Adeel (HEC), Kareem Khan (PTV), Mohammad Zubair (PIA), Shafqat Rasool (PIA), Sharjeel (Police), Nohaiz Zahid Malik (Sialkot), Yasir Dilawar (PQA), Nadeem (Rawalpindi), Ajmal Butt (Railways), Shan Irshad (NBP), M. Azfar Yaqoob (NBP), Mohammad Dilber )NBP), Mohammad Atiq (NBP), Mohammad Bilal Qadir (NBP), Mohsin Sabir (Navy), Rana Sohail Riaz (SSGC), Samiullah Khan (PAF), Mohammad Rizwan (SSGC), Mohammad Naveed (NBP), Fahadullah Khan (PAF), Umar Hamidi (Wapda), Awais-ur-Rehman (PIA), Sabir (Navy), Abdul Jabbar (SNGPL), Zeeshan Ashraf (HEC), Awais (Army) and Zeeshan Bukhari (SSGC).

Published in Dawn January 12th, 2017