Women hockey team named for Asian Games qualifiers

LAHORE: Pakistan’s 18-member women hockey team has been named for the Asian Games qualifiers on Saturday.

The team also has six officials to look after the team’s planning while the tournament will be held at Bangkok, Thailand from January 12-20. Rizwana Yasmin is the captain of the team with Ambreen Arshad as the vice captain.

The team is:

Goalkeepers: Rizwana Yasmeen (Wapda), Rushna Khan (Punjab).

Full-backs: Ishrat Abbas (Wapda), Taskeen Kausar (Army), Nida Asghar (Punjab), Marina Anwar (Wapda).

Half-backs: Ibra Sheikh (Wapda), Zakia Nawaz (Wapda), Zaib-un-Nisa ( Railways), Nafeesa Anwar (Wapda), Rimsha Ilyas (Railways).

Forwards: Sahrish Waheed (Railways), Hina Pervaiz (Wapda), Mayira Sabir (Wapda), Tehmina (Railways), Ambreen Arshad (Wapda), Kalsoom Shehzadi (Wapda),Saira Ashraf ( Railways).

Officials: Saeed Khan (Head Coach), Ms. Gulnar Begum (Manager), Mrs. Shaheen Fatima (Assistant Manager), Ms. Sajida Fajar (Physiotherapist), Binish Hayat (Umpire), Nabila Ayaz (Technical official).