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Monday, March 16, 2009
By Alam Zeb Safi
KARACHI: The Pakistan Karate Federation (PKF) plans to send a four-member men’s squad to Turkey on March 20 for a month long training in connection with the preparations for the First Asian Martial Arts to be held in Bangkok from April 25 to May 3.
The president of the PKF Muhammad Jehangir told ‘The News’ on Sunday that the federation has decided to send top four players including Saadi Abbas, Muhammad Ramzan and Shaukat Ali (all from WAPDA) and Aadil Jan from Army to Turkey on the 20th of this month.
He said the federation has applied for an NOC and he is hopeful that it will get in a day or two if the political situation in the turns better.
He said that Agha Muhammad will accompany the squad as coach. Jehangir made it clear that all the four boys have been selected for the Asian Martial Arts Games.
He said that the team will return on April 20 and from here it will proceed to Bangkok to feature in the Asian Martial Arts Games there. He disclosed that around one million rupees will be spent on the one month training programme in Turkey and all the expenses will be met by the Pakistan Sports Trust (PST).
The president was optimistic that if Pakistani players were properly trained in Turkey then at least one medal could be won in the Asian Martial Arts Games.
“If the players received quality training in Turkey then I am sure that Pakistan would at least win a single medal,” he said.
“Saadi Abbas (60kg) will be the real hope for Pakistan in Bangkok Games as he is not only more experienced but he has also reached the quarter-finals of the World Karate Championship held in Japan in November last year,” he said.
Saadi, who belongs to Karachi, also plays from a club in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
He said that Turkish coaches would impart training to the Pakistani squad. He said that Pakistan will also send three female players to the Bangkok Games and their names would be disclosed within few days.
Currently eight male and six female judokas of Pakistan are receiving training in Tehran. Pakistan will field in judo, karate, wushu and ju jitsu in the Asian Martial Arts Games in Thailand.
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