Volleyball camps of men, women in Islamabad shortly

KARACHI: Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF) is expected to hold preparatory camps of its men and women teams for South Asian Games in the next few days at Islamabad.
“Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) had required some information and we have forwarded that,” PVF secretary Shahid Kamal told ‘The News’ from Lahore on Friday. “Hopefully we will be in a position to hold camps in the next five to six days,” he said.
This will be after a long time that Pakistan will be fielding its women team in the eight-nation competitions.
“We had fielded our women team in the South Asian Games in Madras in 1995. This time it has been made compulsory,” Shahid said.
“We can form a women team as we have some fine players in the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and WAPDA. We regularly organise women’s events and some good players could be found, particularly in Punjab,” Shahid added.
“India and Sri Lanka have good women teams while the rest of the South Asian countries will struggle,” Shahid said.
He said that the PVF was confident it could build a strong men side. He said that Aimal Khan would return from Taiwan by December 9 and would be part of the team.
Aimal plays professional league in Taiwan. Shahid said it might hire the services of a foreign coach for the men’s side. “We have requested the PSB. Let’s see what it does,” the official said.