NBP announces hockey team

Published January 13, 2009

KARACHI, Jan 12 National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has announced its squad for the forthcoming 56th National Hockey Championship to be played at the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore, from Jan 21 to Feb 8.

Iqbal Qasim, divisional head, Sports and Culture Division, NBP, announced on Monday the 18-member squad which will also be accompanied by three officials.

Squad

Goalkeepers Salman Akbar, Fasih-ur-Rehman.

Fullbacks Zeeshan Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Atiq.

Halfbacks Sumair Saleem, Junaid Iqbal, Asim Khan, Sibtain Raza, Kashif Javed.

Forwards Yasir Shabbir, Mohammad Taufiq, Waseem Khan, Tariq Aziz, Akhtar Ali, Ammar Ishrat, Naeem Akbar, M. Rizwan.

Officials Rehman Khan (manager), Anwar Farooqui (coach), Abuzar Umrao (goalkeeping coach).

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