LAHORE: The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) on Saturday named the national squad for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 qualifiers being held in Jakarta from June 29 to July 5.

Pakistan, who have been drawn in Group ‘E’ of the qualifiers alongside Chinese Taipei, Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan, open their campaign against Chinese Taipei on June 29 followed by matches against Indonesia (July 2) and Kyrgyzstan (July 5).

The selected players will attend a training camp for the qualifiers under head coach Adeel Rizki at the Jinnah Stadium, Islamabad from June 19 to 26.

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Jennah Farooki, Nisha Ashraf, Zeeyana Jivraj; Defenders: Aliya Sadiq, Layla Banaras, Maria Khan (captain), Nizalia Siddiqui, Sophia Qureshi; Midfielders: Amina Hanif, Azwa Chaudhry, Marsha Malik, Rameen Fareed, Sanah Mehdi, Suha Hirani; Forwards: Anmol Hira, Aqsa Mushtaq, Isra Khan, Mariam Mahmood, Nadia Khan, Zehmena Malik, Zulfia Nazir.

Published in Dawn, June 15th, 2025

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