![Pakistan face Maldives today [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Pakistan-MNT-in-Maldives-1160x535.jpg "Pakistan face Maldives today [The News]")
Goalkeeper Saqib Hanif to captain Pakistan against hosts Maldives in Gan. Abdul Samad Shehzad Arshad and Harun Hamid expected to start on debut.
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![SAFF C’ship to be held in Bengaluru from June 21 [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AIFF-officials-Kalyan-Chaubey-and-Dr-Shaji-Prabhakaran-announcing-Benglauru-as-2023-SAFF-Championship-hosts-1160x535.jpg "SAFF C’ship to be held in Bengaluru from June 21 [The News]")
March20March 24, 2023
SAFF C’ship to be held in Bengaluru from June 21 [The News]
AIFF announce Bengaluru as host city for the 2023 SAFF Championship. Event to take place from June 21 to July 3.
![Pak football team conducts training session in Male [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Pakistan-MNT-training-session-in-Maldives-1160x535.jpg "Pak football team conducts training session in Male [The News]")
March20March 24, 2023
Pak football team conducts training session in Male [The News]
Pakistan MNT trained on artificial turf ahead of friendly against hosts Maldives in Gan.
![Pak head coach confident ahead of Maldives friendly [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Shahzad-Anwar-in-Nepal-1160x535.jpg "Pak head coach confident ahead of Maldives friendly [The News]")
March18March 18, 2023
Pak head coach confident ahead of Maldives friendly [The News]
Pakistan MNT head coach Shahzad Anwar 'very much hopeful' that his squad will do well despite having an average age of 22 and ranked 39 places below the more experienced Maldives on March 21 friendly
![‘FIFA wants free and fair PFF elections’ [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Re-elected-FIFA-President-Gianni-Infantino-with-PFF-NC-members-at-73rd-FIFA-Congress-2023-in-Rwanda-765x535.jpg "‘FIFA wants free and fair PFF elections’ [The News]")
March17March 17, 2023
‘FIFA wants free and fair PFF elections’ [The News]
PFF NC members attended 73rd FIFA Congress 2023 in Rwanda, met with re-elected FIFA President Gianni Infantino and other FIFA officials.
![Two new foreign-based players named for Maldives friendly [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Harun-Hamid-and-Abdul-Samad-called-up-to-Pakistan-MNT-for-Maldives-friendly-1160x535.jpg "Two new foreign-based players named for Maldives friendly [The News]")
March16March 16, 2023
Two new foreign-based players named for Maldives friendly [The News]
Harun Hamid (QPR U21s) and Abdul Samad Shehzad (HB Køge) given first call-ups in 23-member Pakistan MNT squad for Maldives friendly
March15March 15, 2023
PFF names men’s squad for Maldives friendly
Pakistan to play hosts Maldives on March 21 at the Laamu Gan Stadium in Gan. First call-ups given to Abdul Samad Arshad and Harun Hamid from the diaspora contingent. Veterans Hassan Bashir and Yousuf Butt dropped.
![Pakistan’s Complicated Relationship with Diaspora Footballers [PIDE]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PFF-flag.jpg "Pakistan’s Complicated Relationship with Diaspora Footballers [PIDE]")
March15March 15, 2023
Pakistan’s Complicated Relationship with Diaspora Footballers [PIDE]
At a time when diaspora players are becoming increasingly important in teams all over the world, they are slighted by the local football community in Pakistan and some individuals in the media just because they were not born in Pakistan.
![Family still waiting for late athlete Shahida’s body [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Pakistan-at-SAFF-Womens-Championship-2012.jpg "Family still waiting for late athlete Shahida’s body [Express Tribune]")
March10March 10, 2023
Family still waiting for late athlete Shahida’s body [Express Tribune]
Former Pakistan Women's National Football Team player and national hockey player Shahida Raza died on a migrant boat that sunk off the coast of Italy last month
![SAPM on Youth Affairs Shaza Fatima meets women football team [The Nation]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Pakistan-Womens-National-Team-meet-SAPM-on-Youth-Affairs-Shaza-Fatima-Khawaja-in-Islamabad-1160x535.jpg "SAPM on Youth Affairs Shaza Fatima meets women football team [The Nation]")
March10March 10, 2023
SAPM on Youth Affairs Shaza Fatima meets women football team [The Nation]
Pakistan WNT met with Shaza Fatima Khawaja, the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs on International Women's Day.