Sports Bulletin Report
ISLAMABAD:-The selection committee of the Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF) has selected 25 players for the national training camp after analyzing their performance in three-day trials at Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad, as the training camp will get underway from May 10 at the same venue.
According to an official of PBBF, the three days trials were held to select the probable for the national camp under the control of PBBF, as 80 players from different affiliated units of federation took part in the trials.
The national selection committee was headed by Col. (Retd) Shujaat Ali Rana, while the members of the committee included Mohammad Riaz Malik and Maudood Jafri, who shortlisted the names of the players for the training camp.
Secretary PBBF, Khalid Bashir said:
"The selection of basketball players for the national team is a complex process that involves a variety of factors. The selected players will go through extensive training plan to enhance their skills and fitness standard during national camp. Pakistan team will participate in the four-nation championship to be held in Maldives this year and our main target to earn a position in international event as Pakistan team will taking part in any international championship after a long time.”
Names of selected players:
Hamza Bin Javed, Mohammad Shahbaz Ali, Atif Shah, Mohammad Shahid and Imad Ahmed (Army), Rana Haris Ahmed ( Faisalabad), Sameer Khan (Hayderabad), Sammar Abbas (Islamabad and Ali Hamza Kazmi (Islamabad), Zain Ali (Karachi), Safi Ullah Khan and Ibtisam Murtaza (Lahore), Mohammad Hamza (Multan), Zia Ur Rehman (Pakistan Navy), Mehtab Akram, Saqib-ullah Khan and Mohammad Umair Jan (Pakistan Air Force), Naeem Ullah and Abdul Wahab (Peshawar), Izhar Ullah (POF), Rana Mohammad Usman and Mohammad Usman (Police), Mohammad Hammad (Rawalpindi), Mohammad Sajawal (Sargodha) and Zain ul Hasan Khan (Pakistan WAPDA).
