By our Lahore Correspondents
During the PFF League Club Phase Super League 2010 round between Wohaib FC and University FC Faisalabad game at Punjab Stadium on 12th Dec 2010, FPDC staffers Gauhar Mahmood Azeem, Majid Ur Rehman, and Zaka Ahmed Gondal caught up with former PFF General Secretary, Wohaib FC Chairman, and parliamentarian of the Jamaat-i-Islami (Punjab) Mr Hafiz Salman Butt
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In his interview he discussed the problems faced by Pakistani football, his own experiences of the game, and what the future holds.
Hafiz Salman Butt was PFF General Secretary between 1990-1993 and is often hailed as the best General Secretary by Pak football followers and journalists. He helped organise the National Football Championships during his tenure on a more league-style basis and even managed to land a valuable sponsorship deal for the NFC with Lifebuoy Soap. However a clash of interests with then PFF President Mian Muhammad Azhar forced Hafiz Salman Butt to resign from his post and Pak football’s progress made during his time got eventually lost.
Back in the 1980s, Hafiz Salman Butt founded the Lahore club Hafiz Wohaib Butt Memorial Football Club (Wohaib FC) in memory of his late younger brother Hafiz Wohaib Butt who was a keen footballer back in the day before his untimely death at a young age. Wohaib FC has established itself as one of the most important and ever-present private football clubs in Pakistani football ever since, and has participated in the old Asian Cup Winners’ Cup competitions back in the late 1980s and early 1990s as well.
Wohaib FC was one of the founding members of the Pakistan Premier Football League back in 2004. However they were relegated in 2007 and have since been striving to win back promotion from PFF League.
I just wish he quits the dirty bigoted politics of Jamaat-e-Islami and focuses purely on football. -_-
Hafiz sab is legend!
TUSI GREA8 OOO YAARRR…..
Maik Riaz sb
Ali sb
shahnwaz sb
Gohar bhai
zaka
jo kam Pakistan media ko karna chahye wo ap log kar rahe ho….
great work and interview
thanks to you superman :D
good to watch ths
thanks i will apreciate the all team of footbal pak.com
Tnx for ur support. credit goes to faisal Amir for melting the ice and introduced us to Hafiz sb.
It was great feeling to interview a great man. who has done so much about football and after him we could not carry the path :(
great gauhar……. :)
Nice step by pakistani students zaka ahmed gondal and gohar azeem students of punjab unviersity to promote fooball in pakistan and interview is quite good
super zaka is punjab uni student, i am a medical student at services hosp lahore :D thanks for coming talal!
interview is great zaka
hafiz salman but is legend of our country he said each and every thing very clearly and experiencely.ALLAH in ko lumbi omer or achi sahat ata farmaye lakin kuch log inki sakht ko kharab kar rahay han bus un ko limit man rakha jaye to hafiz sab jaisa bunda pakistan man phr paida nae ho ga.
lol coulpled with a spot face on Ali Ahsan comment. It does not look that he has rendered his politics disturb his time and efforts for football.
Zaka was awesome in taking this interview. Questions put by Gauhar as well as Zaka were awesome.