Aziz to lead Punjab

Published June 17, 2005

LAHORE, June 16: Abdul Aziz will lead a 19-member Punjab team in the national swimming championships to be held at Islamabad from June 27 to 29. The team was selected after holding trials at the Iqbal Park sports complex pool on Thursday.

Abdul Aziz is an international swimmer, who participated in SAF Games-2004 and first Islamic Solidarity Games held in Jeddah.

Team: Abdul Aziz, (Captain) Shaan Lashari, (Vice-captain) Mursil Mehmood Butt, Moid Mustafa, Zeeshan Ahmed, Qasim Ali, Aamir Hussain, Hafiz Jawad Asif, Rohail Waqar, Abdul Samad, Raza Ali, Ali Shafi, Muhammad Azeem, Mohammad Raza Awan, Inam, Farrukh, Syed Bilal Hayder, Haider Awan, Omer Pervaiz. Manager: Mian Muhammad Shafi. Assistant-manager: Saleem Ahmed Bhatti. Coach: Muhamamd Hafeez Bhatti. Assistant-coach: Sajjad Ahmed.

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