Team named for SAAF Athletics championship

LAHORE—Athletic Federation of Pakistan (AFP) here Monday named its 52-man contingent to take part in SAAF Athletics Championship being organized from March 7-9 at Cochin (Kerala), India.
“The party comprises 26-member men, 13-member female teams and 14 officials,” said Khalid Mahmood, Secretary AFP while talking to reporters.
The men’s team consists of Muhammad Imran, Afzal Baig, Liaqat Ali, Haq Nawaz, Muhammad Ehsan, Muhammad Javed, Ali Muhammad, Farhan Ahmed, Ansar Shahzad, Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Niaz, Muhammad Sajjad, Mohsin Ali, Bilal Ali, Muhammad Anwar, Adnan Anjum, Muhammad Jaffar, Fayyaz Ahmad, Muhammad Riaz, Zafar Iqbal, Ashraf Ali, Raza Abbas, Basharat Ali, Ghulam Shabbir, Muhammad Imran and Muhammad Arfan Hussain.
Women participants are Nadia Nazir, Noshee Parveen, Sadar Siddiqui, Javeria Hassan, Sumaira Zahoor, Rozina Shafqat, Bushra Parveen, Shagufta Noreen, Maryam Babar, Zeenat Parveen, Abida Jamil, Parveen Akhtar and Fozia Aurangzeb. He said Pak teams will feature in the following events:
(Men) 100M, 200M, 400M, 800M, 1500M, 5000M, 10000M, 110 MH, 400 MH, 4x100 M Relay, 4x400 M Relay, Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump, Pole Vault, Shot Put,Discus Throw, Javelin Throw, Hammer Throw.
(Women) 100 M, 200 M, 400 M, 800 M, 1500 M, 5000 M, 100 MH, 400 MH, 4x100 M Relay, 4x400 M Relay, Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put, Discus Throw, Javelin Throw.
Khalid will be the Chef-de-Mission and Muhammad Akhtar Nawaz Ganjera, Deputy Director General (Tech), Pakistan Sports Board will be the team leader. 11 other officials will accompany the team as manager, associate manager, coach and technical officials.
“We have a fair chance of winning medals and are hoping that our women athletes will also put up a good show in the event,” he remarked.—Agencies