National team camp to start from the 20th of February

The Pakistan National team camp is set to start on the 20^th of February, with Serbian boss Zavisa Milosavljevic set to curb the loss of friendly ties.

The camp had been scheduled for an earlier date, but the PFF’s failure to find friendly opposition for the 29^th of February, meant that the training had to be postponed.

Foreign players who had been called for the matches, were not invited to the camp, as the PFF looks to maintain the fitness of their players.

Coach Zavisa spoke to reporters before the game and revealed that since there was no upcoming match, he would work on the player’s technical abilities amongst other things.

“Although, we don’t have any international commitment, it is an opportunity to work on the technical, fitness, power, ability and psychological aspects of the players.”

He also added that several youngsters were indicted in the camp, which allow him to judge them better for the upcoming U-22 qualifiers.

“Fourteen under-22 players have been included in the camp, which will help us to test them as Pakistan have to feature in the Under-22 Asian Cup Qualifiers in June-July,” the Serb was quoted as saying.

Amongst the lucky ones being called for the camp, there are also some newcomers such as Farrukh Khan and Usman Halim of the Karachi Flame Academy.

List of called-up players:

Goalkeepers: Jaffar Khan (Army), Saqib Hanif (KESC), Muzammil Hussain (WAPDA), Jehangir Khan (KESC).

Defenders: Kamran Khan, Samar Ishaq, Mohammad Rizwan (all KRL), Mohammad Ahmad, Akram Masih (both WAPDA), Abdul Qadeer (Muslim FC), Farrukh Khan (Karachi Flame Academy).

Midfielders: Kaleemullah, Zia-Us-Salam (both KRL), Saddam Hussain (PIA), Syed Arif Hussain (WAPDA), Hanif Khan (Afghan FC), Naveed Ahmad (Navy), Faisal Iqbal (NBP).

Strikers: Shakir Lashari (PIA), Jadeed Khan Pathan (Afghan FC), Abdul Hadi (Afghan FC), Hasnain Abbas (KRL), Mohammad Adnan (Navy), Mohammad Afzal (WAPDA), Mohammad (KESC), Usman Halim (Karachi Flame Academy).

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