The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has announced the men’s U23 squad which will travel to Bahrain on September 4 for AFC U23 Asian Cup 2024 Qualifiers, starting from September 6, 2023.
The list of 23 players is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Salman ul Haq, Hassan Ali, and Usman Ali.
Defenders: Mohammad Sohail, Mohib Ullah, Haseeb Ahmed Khan, Mohammad Sufyan, Syed Abdullah Shah, Mamoon Moosa Khan, Saeed Khan and Abdullah Iqbal.
Midfielders: Mohammad Hayan Khattak, Mohammad Taha, Zaid Umar, Nizam Uddin, Alamgir Ghazi and Harun Hamid.
Forwards: Shayak Dost, Moin Ahmed, Mohammad Waheed, Mohammad Waleed, Hamza Ahmed and Fareed Ullah.
Pakistan are placed in Group D of the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024 Qualifiers alongside Bahrain, hosts, Japan, 2016 winners, and Palestine.
Pakistan will kick off its campaign against Japan on September 6, while they will take on Bahrain and Palestine on September 9 and 12, respectively.
Here is the complete squad for the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2024 Qualifiers:
| Salman ul Haq | Hassan Ali | Usman Ali | Mohammad Sohail | Mohib Ullah |
| Haseeb Ahmed Khan | Mohammad Sufyan | Syed Abdullah Shah | Mamoon Moosa Khan | Saeed Khan |
| Abdullah Iqbal | Mohammad Hayan | Mohammad Taha | Zaid Umar | Nizam Uddin |
| Alamgir Ghazi | Harun Hamid | Shayak Dost | Moin Ahmed | Mohammad Waheed |
| Mohammad Waleed, | Hamza Ahmed | Fareed Ullah | ||
What is the criteria of selecting those players?. What is their background?. They are Safarshi parchis or selected on Merit? So much information is missing.