Pakistan International Airlines has announced football team for the Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) 2010 clash against PMC Athletico Club Faisalabad at PMC ground, Faisalabad on Saturday (tomorrow). PIA is currently third in the 16-team table with 22 points, behind league leaders Wapda (34 points) and Afghan FC (26 points). PMC is in 12th position with 12 points.
"The most successful team in Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)'s 62-year history, PIA's football team has the honour of winning the national championship nine times and we will go all out to regain past identity in domestic soccer" said former Pakistani and PIA coach Tariq Lutfi who has been appointed as manager of recharged PIA football team. He himself was part of several PIA's team that won the National event as player and coach from 70s to 90s.
The team is: Nasr ullah Khan (captain), Shakir Lashari (vice captain), Syed Sultan Ali, Bilal Rafiq, Abu Bakar, Abdul Jabbar Sr, Abdul Jabbar Jr, Zubair Moazzam, Ali Ehsan, Abdul Ghaffar, Nadeem Tariq, Ali Adeem Shahzad, Liaquat Ali, Nazir Ahmed, Zeeshan Ali, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Saeed Ahmed, Muhammad Hanif, Muhammad Arif, Imran Khan Hashmi, Zahoor Ahmed, Adnan Abbasi, Haji Muhammad, Muhammad Irfan, Imran, Wasim Ullah, Ali Nawaz, Ali Muhammad, Hasnain Abbas, Rizwan, Saddam Hussain, Sabir Lashari, Zohaib Ahmed, Jaffar Ali.