The fourth AFC Challenge Cup Qualifier will be staged at Kuala Lumpur from March 21. Pakistan will take on Turkmenistan (21st March), India (23rd March) and Chinese Taipei (25th March) in Group-B encounters. Asian Football Confederation allowed Pakistan the bye in the Pre-Qualifying Stage in the event that got under way on 9th February with first legs of four play-offs.
Based on the rankings of the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup, the eight lowest ranked were drawn into four two-legged ties with the four winners advancing to the qualification proper. Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)'s President has already approved 37 players in the build up for Pakistan National Football team for appearance in fourth AFC Challenge Cup Qualifier. The winner of the finals will qualify for the 16th Asian Cup at Australia 2015.
Pakistan probable for AFC Challenge Cup are: Goal keepers (3): Yousuf Ejaz Butt, Amir Gul, Muhammad Omar; Defenders (14): Manzoor Ahmed, Alamgir Khan, Ahsan Ullah, Obaid Majeed, Ansar Abbas, Atif Bashir Qureshi, Reis Ashraf, Yaqoob Ijaz Butt, Naveed Akram, Kamran Khan, Muhammad Ahmed, Muhammad Imran, Samar Ishaq, Zeeshan Rehman; Midfielders (12): Faisal Iqbal, Syed Arif Hussain, Hussnain Abbas, Muhammad Tauseef, Muhammad Adil, Mahmood Khan, Irfan Khan, Kashif Mumtaz Siddiqui, Muhammad Waseem, Abdul Aziz, Nasrullah Khan, Adnan Farooq Ahmed; Strikers (8): Saddam Hussain, Fahad Ullah Khan, Jadeed Khan Pathan, Rizwan Asif, Kalim Ullah, Imran Niazi, Arif Mehmood and Muhammad Qasim.