LAHORE, Aug 29: Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) on Monday announced 40 players for the National youth camp for the selection of Pakistan Youth team. The PFF selection committee picked six goal-keepers, 16 defenders, 10 midfielders and eight strikers after the three-day trials at Punjab Stadium from Aug 26 to 28.

Former youth international Siddiq Sheikh (HBL), Muhammad Rasheed,who won the national title for Pakistan Railways in 1984, and PIA’s Zafar Iqbal, first-ever skipper of Pakistan in SAFF Championship’s history in 1993, will train the youth team.

Pakistani team will participate in AFC Youth championship qualifiers 2005 against Uzbekistan on Nov 23 and Tajikistan on Nov 25 at Dushanbe.

GOALKEEPERS: Imran, Tariq Mehmood (Army; Bilal Rafiq (Wohaib FC); Abid Ali (NWFP); Ghulam Nabi (Balochistan); Basit (Punjab)

DEFENDERS: Akmal, Azam (Sindh); M.Waseem (NWFP); Omair Aslam (Islamabad); Adil Ahmed, Adnan, Zubair Moazam, (Punjab); Bashir (Balochistan); Shehbaz, Ghulam Mustafa (Army); Naqeebullh, Khalid Zaman (NWFP); Shahid Nabi, Muhammad Ahmed (Wohaib FC); Yasir Afridi, Sameer Ullah (Fata).

MIDFIELDERS: Jaffar Ali, Khalid Munir(Army); Nadeem Abbas, Waqar Ali (Punjab); Awais Shinwari (Fata); Jadeed Khan, Asmat Khan, Waqas Ali, Asghar (Balochistan); Faisal Ikram (NWFP)

STRIKERS: Abbas Ali, Imran Hashmi (Balochistan); Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Ishtiaq (Sindh); Ali Ehsan, Tanvir (Punjab); Abdul Rehman (AJK); Waqar (Northern Area).—Agencies

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