KARACHI: The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) has finalized the list of athletes who will compete in 25 different sports during the upcoming Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou, China from September 23 to October 8.
Pakistan will participate in archery, athletics, bridge, badminton, boxing, cricket, climbing, e-sports, fencing, golf, hockey, kabaddi, karate, rowing, rowing, shooting, squash, swimming, tennis, taekwondo, table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling and wushu.
Some of the major sports in which Pakistan will not participate include judo, equestrian, baseball, football and gymnastics. Pakistani athletes would not be able to participate in these games due to funding problems and delays in confirming entries.
As per the list of available athletes geo newsSome famous names are missing from their respective sports.
These include wrestler Inam Butt, sprinter Mueed Baloch in athletics, weightlifter Noah Butt and Hamza Khan – who recently won the World Junior Squash Championship in Melbourne.
reward confirmed geo news He did not appear for the trials, hence his name was missing, while Butt’s absence is believed to be due to his conflict with the weightlifting federation.
Baloch’s name was not submitted to the POA by his department as the athletics federation has been suspended by the governing body. As for Hamza – it is understood that the PSF finalized the squad just weeks before they won the junior championship in Melbourne.
The Olympic Council of Asia had set July 15 as the deadline for countries to finalize the contingency details.
Following is the list of accredited athletes for the 19th Asian Games.
archery
Idris Majeed, Mohammad Nadeem, Israr Ul Haq, Nighat Hameed, Mohammad Safiullah Satti.
Exercise
Waqas Akbar, Rabila Farooq, Tamin Khan, Farhan Ilyas, Zafar Ashraf, Muhammad Afzal, Abid Razak, Sharoz Khan, Sohail Amir, Sahib-e-Asra, Shajjar Abbas, Asad ur Rehman Khan, Mohd Yasir Sultan, Ghazala Ramzan, Gauhar Shahbaz, Arshad Nadeem, Mohd Akhtar, Farhat Bano, Arooz Kiran.
Bridge
Muhammad Zia Hai, Anwar Mumtaz Qazilbash, Shahab Sarki, Yusuf Jaan, Rubina Agha, Sameera Jimmy Fancy, Azara Raja, Farooq Ahmed Alvi, Arsalan Mansoor, Farooq Liaquat, Ghalib Ali Bandesha, Masood Mazhar.
badminton
Murad Ali, Irfan Saeed Bhatti, Ghazala Siddiqui, Mahoor Shahzad.
boxing
Zohaib Rasheed, Sanaullah, Mohammad Qasim, Fatima Zahra, Ibrahim.
climbing
Zaheer Ahmed, Mir Abuzar Faiz, Jannat Amani, Fazal Wudud, Iqra Jilani.
e-sports
Abdullah Sher Afridi, Muhammad Mahad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Uzair Ahmed, Falak Sher Memon, Hamza Khalid, Raja Muneeb Zaman, Shayan Asad, Muhammad Saleh Narejo, Uzair Ali, Daniyal Baig, Muhammad Hasan Chowdhury.
Fencing
Zaheer Mushtaq, Zaima Khalid, Mujadeed Awan, Sadia Nasir, Ali Sayeeduddin, Mohd Naeem Sadiq.
Golf
Syed Yashal Shah, Rimsha Ijaz, Salman Jehangir, Qasim Khan, Umar Khalid Hussain, Parkha Ijaz, Humna Amjad.
Hockey
Zakaria Hayat, Usama Bashir, Muhammad Murtaza Yaqoob, Sufiyan Khan, Mohammad Ammad, Arshad Liaquat, Ahtisham Aslam, Mohammad Shahzeb Khan, Umar Bhutta, Rumaan, Mohammad Abdullah, Akmal Hussain, Aqeel Ahmed, Rana Abdul Waheed, Abdullah Ishtiaq Khan, Afraz, Abdul Hannan Shahid, Abdul Rehman.
kabaddi
Sajjad Shaukat, Waqar Ali, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Ramzan, Adil Hussain, Akhlaq Ahmed, Tehsinullah, Umair Khan, Usman Ahmed, Mudassar Ali, Muhammad Safian, Afaq Khan.
karate
Sabira Gul, Saadi Abbas, Mohammad Awais, Fakhar Un Nisa, Humayun.
rowing
Muhammad Adil, Muzammil Shahzad, Zahid Iqbal Khan, Asad Iqbal, Babar Khan, Amjad Baig.
sail
Nadine Xerxes Avari, Mehboob, Rafael Javed, Zoya Asad Ali, Muzammil Hussain.
Shooting
Mehak Fatima, Kashmala Talat, Zeeshan Fareed, Usman Chand, Farooq Nadeem, GM Bashir, Gulfam Joseph, Inam Haroon, Aqib Latif, Gufran Adil, Usman Sadiq.
Squash
Farhan Zaman, Sadia Gul, Mehwish Ali, Zainab Hameed Khan, Nasir Iqbal, Noor Zaman, Asim Khan, Aamna Faiyaz.
float
Mishael Hayat Ayub, Azhar Abbas, Mohammad Hamza Anwar, Amaan Siddiqui, Ahmed Durrani, Jahanara Nabi, Amina Amir Qadri.
taekwondo
Akdasullah Qadir, Mazhar Abbas, Arbaaz Khan, Haroon Khan, Naqsh Hamdani, Naila, Fatematuzhra, Hamza Umar Saeed.
Tennis
Ushna Sohail, Aisam Ul Haq, Sara Ibrahim Khan, Aqeel Khan.
table tennis
Pernia Khan, Muhammad Shah Khan, Haika Hasan, Hoor Fawad, Faizan Zahoor.
volleyball
Abdul Zaheer, Hamid Yajman, Farooq Haider, Murad Khan, Murad Jahan, Muhammad Hammad, Musawwar Khan, Nasir Ali, Usman Faryad Ali, Mubashar Raza, Kashif Naved, Afaq Khan.
weight lifting
Furqan Anwar, Abdullah Butt, Usman Amjad Rathore.
Wrestling
Zaman Anwar, Inayatullah, Mohammad Bilal, Haider Ali Butt.
wushu
Mayra Karamat, Samreen Altaf, Abdul Rehman, Abdul Khaliq.
