ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will send a70-member paralympic squad to the Summer Games 2011, a statement from the National Sports Director said on Friday.
Seventy athletes will be accompanied by 19 officials as Pakistan will compete in the June 20 to July 5 Summer Games in Athens.
“We will set up a training camp for the athletes next month,” National Sports Director Arshad Javaid said.
Pakistan will be represented in eight of the 21 disciplines at the paralympic games, including track and field, aquatics, badminton, basketball, bocce, cycling, football and table tennis.
“We are preparing a ‘unified football’ squad for the games, which includes special athletes and other footballers,” Javaid told the media.
“This strategy helps the special athletes improve their skills.”
Pakistan’s paralympic athletes have won several medals at the Paralympic Games and Asian Paralympic Games.
Squad
Girls: Nousheen Khan, Misbah Tariq, Hifza Afzal, Farah Vorha, Jasmin Sharif, Kainat Riaz, Bushra Parveen, Mirza Asmara, Shumaila Aslam, Iqra Batool, Shermin Akber, Sobia Aslam, Saba Ramzan, Um-e-Omama, Ruqia Shoaib, Taiba Rais, Hina Mehmood, Alia Zainab, Asma Riasat, Azmat Tara, Saima Tabassum, Shumaila Rubab, Quart-ul-Ain, Rabia Saeed, Sehrish Bibi, Sana Javaid, Fajar Zaheer, Sumbal Yousaf, Maria Bibi, Atia Khurshid, Mehwish Iftikhar and Maryam Roshin
Boys: Tahir Siddique, Sakhwat Ali, Muhammad Israr Ahmed, Rahim Ullah Baig, Adeel Aamir, Zeshan Rana, Saad Ullah, Hasnain Abbas, Aamir Munawar, Osama Munawar, Ahsan Ali, Habib-ur-Rehman, Fayyaz Zeshan, Mehmood Razzaq, Ayaz Ahmed, Ali Zeshan, Aziz Kamlani, Bashir Junaid, Raza Muhammad, Umair Ahmed, Wasir Ghafoor, Aqeel Shah, Muhammad Haris, Zulfiqar Ali, Imran Asghar, Atif Ali, Abdul Nasir, Sohail Ahmed Khan, Asif Khan, Nouman Yousaf, Jahanzaib Iqbal, Aslam Bilawal, Muhmamad Nazir, Awais Akhtar, Umair Mubarak, Umair Ahmed, Nazir Ahmed, Irfan Usman, Muhammad Amin, Adnan Aziz, Muhammad Ali, Ahmed Saeed, Muhammad Asif Khan, Radif ul Hassan Rizvi, Abdullah Shaffi, Usama Riaz, Arslan Ahmed, Abul Raouf and Ainan Ahmed