The Pakistan women's national table tennis team represents Pakistan in international table tennis competitions. It is administered by the Pakistan Table Tennis Federation (PTTF). Members of the team compete in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and team events at competitions including continental and regional games (Asian and South Asian Games) and continental championships.
In 1972, it competed in the inaugural ATTU Asian Table Tennis Championships held in Beijing, China. [1]
Name | Club (domestic) | Competitions | Events |
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Aisha Iqbal Ansari | Asian Games: 2014, 2018 South Asian Games: 2006, [2] 2010, [3] 2016, [4] | ||
Fatima Khan | Asian Games: 2018 | Singles, doubles and mixed doubles [5] | |
Hareem Anwar Ali | Asian Games: 2018 | Singles, doubles and mixed doubles [6] |
Name | Club (domestic) | Competitions | Events |
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Ghazala Rohi | South Asian Games: 2004, [7] | ||
Ghalia Mohsin (also known under her maiden name Ghalia Khursheed) | South Asian Games: 2006 [2] | ||
Kanwal Iqbal | South Asian Games: 2006 [2] | ||
Louiza Irshad | South Asian Games: 2010 [3] | ||
Munira Fikree | |||
Naila Anjum | |||
Naseem Nazli | |||
Nazo Shakoor | United Bank Limited (UBL) (junior) [8] Habib Bank Limited (HBL) (1980 - 1997) [8] | ||
Rahila Anjum | |||
Rahila Kashif | Asian Games: 2014 South Asian Games: 2004, [7] 2006, [2] 2016 [4] | ||
Rubina Shakoor | Habib Bank Limited (HBL) (1975 - 1997) [8] | ||
Rukia Fikree | |||
Sadia Falak Sher | South Asian Games: 2010 [3] | ||
Sadia Yasin | South Asian Games: 2006, [2] 2010 [3] | ||
Saeeda Sultana | |||
Seema Shakoor | Habib Bank Limited (HBL) (1976 - 1997) [8] | ||
Shabnam Bilal | Asian Games: 2014 South Asian Games: 2004, [7] 2016 [4] | ||
Shamim Nazli | |||
The following sets of siblings have represented Pakistan internationally: [1]
Year | Result (singles) | Position | Result (doubles) | Position | Result (mixed) | Position | Result (team) | Position |
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Guwahati 2016 | Finalist | 2nd [4] | ||||||
Kathmandu 2019 | ||||||||
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Guwahati (2016) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kathmandu (2019) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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