LAHORE, April 9: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has invited 48 probables to attend the training camp to be held at the National Hockey Stadium here from May 6.
The camp is being set up to finalise a Pakistan team for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held at in July and for a proposed tour of Spain which is likely to be undertaken before the Manchester Games.
The Spain Hockey Federation has shown willingness to host Pakistan for a three-Test series.
The probables will report to the manager/camp commandant Lt. Col. (retd.) Zafar Ali Khan at the National Hockey Stadium on May 5.
Former Olympian Naveed Alam who showed impressive performance in the national hockey championship has been recalled after a being ingnored for almost four years.
PROBABLES:
GOALKEEPERS: Muhammad Qasim (Wapda), Salman Akbar, Iqbal (PTCL), Shabbir (NBP), Rashed Yaqoob (Mansehra), Mansha (Punjab).
FULL-BACKS: Sohail Abbas (HBL), Tariq Imran (PTCL), Zeeshan Ashraf (NBP), Ali Raza, Aamir Saleem (PIA), Asim Chohan (PTCL), Imran Warsi (Army), Naveed Alam (ABL), Riaz (Army).
HALVE BACKS: Muhammad Usman (PIA), Irfan Yousaf (Police), Ghazanfar Ali (PTCL), Dilawar (Army), Muhammad Saqlain, Imran Rasool (ABL), Yameen Bhatti (Wapda), Waseem Ahmed (HBL), Nadeem Iqbal (PTCL), Imran (Army), Inam-ur-Rehman (PIA), Imran Yousaf (Police).
FORWARDS: Muhammad Nadeem (NBP), Rehan Butt (Wapda), Syed Sameer Hussain (HBL), Javed Iqbal (NBP), Mudassar Khan (Wapda), Atif Bashir (PIA), Muhammad Sarwar (ABL), Aqeel (PTCL), Shahid Rabbani (Wapda), Zahid Sheikh (NBP), Kashif Jawwad (HBL), Shahbaz Ahmed (PIA), Khalid Saleem (PTCL), Muhammad Shabbir (Wapda), Mudassar (Wapda), Asif, Muhammad Anees (NBP), Kamran Ashraf (PIA), Javed Iqbal (Police), Babar Abdullah (ABL), Saleem (Army).