Pakistan name squads

Published November 24, 2004

LAHORE, Nov 23: Pakistan has announced a 16-member men and eight-member women team for the Pakistan Asia Circuit Badminton tournament to be held at Islamabad from Nov 26 to 30.

Six countries including India, Nepal, Iran, Indonesia and Japan are taking part in the event.

MEN'S TEAM: Top seed Wajid Ali, Ahsan Qamar, Zeeshan Omar, Mohammad Waqas, Ashraf Masih, Amir Islam, Syed Shabbar Hussain, Mohamad Atiq, Zafar Tasneem, Atif, Rizwan Azam, Hashir Bashir, Harrison, Faisal Afzal, Mohammad Ijaz, Mohammad Waseem Ismail.

WOMEN'S TEAM: Ayesha Akram, Asma Butt, Uzma Butt, Saima Manzoor, Sadia Arshad, Sara Khan, Sara Mahmood, Phalwasha. Meanwhile, the other participant countries have confirmed the names of their players to PBF.

THE NAMES OF OTHER TEAMS:

INDIA (MEN): Sachin Ratti, Utsav Mishra, Thomas Kurain, JBS Vidyadhar, A Pridvi, Abhium Shayam Gupta, Arjun Reddy, Makose Bristour, Jaisaow Xavier, Charanjeet Singh.

WOMEN: Aditi Biswas, Bilagali Ramashetty Meenakshi, Dhanya nair, Sharada Gowardini. Manager: T P S Puri. Coach: Vikram Singh Basht.

NEPAL (MEN): Balaram Thapa, Pashupati Panera, Pankaj Chand, Indra Mahala.

WOMEN: Pooja Shrestha, Sumina Shreshta, Sara Devi Tamag.

OFFICIALS: Pratap Adhikari, Jayant Shrestha.

JAPAN (MEN): Ikede Yuichi.

IRAN (MEN): Nokzad Shire, Yara Pahlaran, Fouad Naber Zadeh, Jalal Eskandare, Ghulam Raza Bughere, Nema Daren, Sina Bayat, Raza Gholame. Coach: Mahmood Anwari.

INDONESIA (MEN): Jeffer Rosobin, Marleve Mainaky, Bagus Suprobo, Adnan Fauzi, Steny Kusuma, Hendry Winarto, Viki Indra Okaram.

WOMEN: Dewi Tira Arisadui.

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