KARACHI, Feb 27: A 12-member Pakistan boxing squad left for the Iranian city of Hamdan via Quetta on Tuesday to take part in the Al-Fajr International boxing championship starting Friday.

Boxers from 18 nations including Kazakhstan, India, Spain and Russia will exchange punches in the eight-day event.

Squad:

Jibran Muna, Afzal Qambrani, Abid Ali, Shoaib Rasheed, Zakir Hussain, Abdul Hameed Changezi, Pukar Khan.

Habibullah Jafri (team leader), Hasnain Bukhari (manager), Rustam Khan (coach), Khuda Bakhsh Khaskheli (assistant manager), Naimatullah Changezi (referee/judge).—Agencies