Pakistan women's team reaches Singapore to play friendly match

Pakistan women's team reached Singapore to play a friendly match against the hosts on July 18. 

As shared by the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), the team reached Singapore today in the morning. The players will take rest before going out for training tonight. 

The match between Pakistan and Singapore will start at 4:30pm (PST). It will be live-telecasted on YouTube/Football Association of Singapore.

Earlier, the Pakistan team was scheduled to play two friendlies against Singapore. But due to late issuance of No-Objection Certificate (NOC) and visas, the tour has been shortened to just one match. 

PFF received NOC on July 13 after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's special assistant, Shaza Fatima, intervened in the matter. The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) had shown its inability to process the NOC for the country’s women football team’s tour of Singapore because of shortage of time.

"Prime Minister played an important role in getting NOC for our team," Shaza said.

It is worth mentioning that the Football Association of Singapore sent official confirmation of the tour to PFF on 26th June, and PFF wrote the letter for NOC on 27th, which was delivered to PSB soon after Eid Holidays.

A source in PFF wondered how PSB can expect a federation to send documents for NOC even before the tour is confirmed.

Last month as well, the PFF had to wait until the last minute for NOCs to tour Mauritius and India.

The Pakistan football squad for Singapore tour will be led by midfielder Maria Khan.

Pakistan Squad

Goalkeepers: Nisha Ashraf, Rumaysa Khan.

Defenders: Mishal Bhatti, Kayla Siddiqi, Sophiya Qureshi, Nizalia Siddiqui, Sara Khan.

Midfielders: Maria Khan (c), Suha Hirani, Kayanat Bokhari, Rameen Fareed, Marvi Baig, Aliza Sabir.

Forwards: Sanober Abdul Sattar, Zahmena Malik, Zulfia Nazir, Aliya Sadiq, Anmool Hira, Naqiyah Ali, Isra Khan.