The Pakistan squad consists of eighteen players and five officials. -File Photo by AFP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan under-22 national football squad departed for Bangkok on Saturday night from Lahore airport to play four practice matches against Thailand's U-22 team.

, said a news release issued by Pakistan Football Federation.

Kaleemullah, Mohammad Bin Younis, Junaid Qadir and Faisal Iqbal have not yet received their visas and will fly out once they have visas. Coach Zavisa Milosavljevic along with five officials is traveling with the team.

The officials are Gohar Zaman (Assistant Manager/Assistant Coach), Nasir Ismail (Assistant Coach), Aslam Khan (Goalkeeper Coach) and Dr. Kamran Mehdi (Physio).

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