ISLAMABAD: A 19-member Pakistan team will feature in the Commonwealth Judo Champ­ionships, scheduled to be held in the Indian city of Jaipur next month.

The Championships, which run from November 4 to 11, will be contested in masters, seniors, juniors and cadet categories.

“This will be our first ever full-fledged participation in an international event,” Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF) vice-president Masood Ahmed said on Wednesday.

He said that it would be for the first time that Pakistan judokas would compete in the masters category of an international event.

“Pakistan Army’s Talib Hussain, Navy’s Imran Khan and Wapda’s Jamil Khokhar will contest the masters category,” he added.

Masood said that on the sidelines of the championships, elections for the Commonwealth Judo Association would also take place adding that Pakistan would vie for an executive committee seat.

Squad: Talib Hussain (masters), Jamil Khokhar (masters) Imran Khan (masters), Shah Hussan Shah (seniors), Mohammad Soahib (seniors), Mohammad Azhar (seniors), Mohammad Afzal Bashir (seniors), Adnan Khan Durrani (juniors), Mohammad Usman (juniors), Mohammad Tariq Shah (juniors), Ihsanullah (cadet), Farhan Khan Durrani (cadet), Qaisar Khan (cadet, juniors & seniors), Mohammad Hasnain (juniors & seniors), Beenish Khan (seniors), Humaira Ashiq (seniors), Shumaila Gul (seniors), Asma Rani (seniors) and Maryam (seniors).

Pulished in Dawn, October 25th , 2018

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