ISLAMABAD, July 13: The Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) on Thursday named a 50-member strong athletics contingent for the 10th South Asian Games to be held next month at Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The AFP convened its selection committee meeting on Thursday to pick up the squad which includes 30 men, 10 women and 10 officials, according to an AFP official.

He said the athletes were selected on the basis of performance in the two-day national open trials conducted at Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex, on Tuesday-Wednesday.

The trials were supervised by the AFP selection committee which comprised Brig Saleem Nawaz Malik (Convenor), Col (retd) Khalid Hussain, Col (retd) Mohammad Yahya, Capt Mehtab Ahmed, Salman Iqbal Buttt, Syed Habib Shah, Dr. Waqar Ahmed, Maj Mehmood Riaz, Ehtsham ul Haq and Mohammad Khalid Mahmood (secretary AFP).

The selected athletes will immediately undergo training at Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex, here before departure next month for Colombo where the 10th South Asian Games will be staged from Aug 18 to 28.

Squad

Men:

Mohammad Imran, Army, 100m, 200m & 4x100m relay; Afzal Baig, Army,100m, 200m & 4x100m relay; Mohammad Shahbaz, Army, 4x100m relay; .Nazim Shah, Wapda, 4x100m relay; .Mohammad Ihsan, Army, 400m & 4x400m relay; Rana Saghir Ahmad, Wapda, 400m & 4x400m relay ; Saeed Ahmad,

Wapda, 800m; .Irshad Fazal; Wapda, 800m & 1500m; .Nowshad Khan, Army, 5000m; .Mohammad Nawaz, Army, 5000m, Waris Masih, Navy, 10000m & marathon; Mohammad Sajjad, PAF, 110m urdles; hurdles; .Abdul Rashid, Wapda, 110m hurdles; Mumtaz Ahmed, Army, 4x100m relay; Haq Nawaz, Army, 400m hurdles & 4x400m relay; Allah Ditta, Army, 400m hurdles; .Sajjad Ahmad, Wapda, 4x400m relay, Faiz Akbar, Army, 3000m steeplechase; .Ehsan Ali, Navy, 3000m steeplechase; Mohammad Jaffar, Army, pole vault; .Mohammad Ayub, Army, pole vault; .Waseem Khan, Army, long jump & triple jump; .Mohammad Riaz, Army, long jump; .Muhammad Fiaz, Wapda, 4x100m relay; .Zafar Iqbal, Army, triple jump; Ashraf Ali, Army, shot put; Basharat Ali, Army, discus throw; Asif Mehmood, Army, javelin throw; Mohammad Arfan Hussain, Wapda, javelin throw; Asad Iqbal, Wapda, 4x400m relay

Women:

Naseem Hameed, Army, 100m & 4x100m relay; Sadaf Siddiqui, Army, 100m, 200m & 4x100mrRelay; .Nadia Nazir, Wapda , 4x100m relay & 4x400m relay; Saira Fazal, Wapda, 4x100mrRelay; Bushra Parveen, Army, 400m, 800m & 4x400m relay; .Rozina Shafqat, Army, 400m & 4x400m relay; Sumaira Zahoor, Army, 1500m & 4x400m relay; Gulnaz Ara, Wapda, 800m & 4x400m rela; .Zeenat Parveen, Wapda shot put; .Parveen Akhtar, Wapda javelin throw.

Officials:

Maj Mahmood Riaz, Army, manager, Ehtshamul Haq, Wapda, assistant manager; .Seemi Rizvi, Wapda, assistant manager; Ch. Muhammad Siddiq, Punjab, coach; Ch. Mohammad Yousaf, Punjab, coach; .Rana Ghufran Hussain, Wapda, coach; .Sub Majid Khan, Army, coach; Sub Mohammad Aslam, Army, coach; N/Sub Mohammad Amin, Army, coac; Hav Abdul Razzaq, Army, coach.—Agencies