Already without competitive football for the next four years after their 3-1 aggregate loss to Yemen in the first round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in March, the game in the country is left facing an uncertain future.
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![Red card for politics! [The News on Sunday]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/President-PFF-along-with-GS-PFF-addressing-Press-Conference.jpg "Red card for politics! [The News on Sunday]")
May17May 17, 2015
Red card for politics! [The News on Sunday]
The PFF chief has enjoyed 12 years unopposed making any demand of accountability or transparency to the Pakistani public a pipe dream.
![Is it election? [The News on Sunday]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Makhdoom-Syed-Faisal-Saleh-Hayat.jpg "Is it election? [The News on Sunday]")
May3December 7, 2020
Is it election? [The News on Sunday]
There is no check and balance as far as the governance of sports in Pakistan is concerned. Mostly influential individuals rule the federations.
![‘PFF statutes and election rules approved by FIFA’ [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/869507-PFF-1428954617.jpg "‘PFF statutes and election rules approved by FIFA’ [Dawn]")
April25April 25, 2015
‘PFF statutes and election rules approved by FIFA’ [Dawn]
The rules for the June 30 elections of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) which have drawn ire from the opposing body have been ratified by FIFA, a top PFF official claimed on Friday.
![Govt-backed group discusses PFF elections strategy today [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ppfl-640x330.jpg "Govt-backed group discusses PFF elections strategy today [The News]")
April24December 7, 2020
Govt-backed group discusses PFF elections strategy today [The News]
Some influential persons of the government-backed group will put their heads together in Lahore on Friday (today) to chalk out a plan about the elections of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) to be held on June 30.
![PFF’s election rules to ‘allay threats to Hayat’s fiefdom’ [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/FIFA-and-PFF-chiefs-meetup-.jpg "PFF’s election rules to ‘allay threats to Hayat’s fiefdom’ [Dawn]")
April24December 7, 2020
PFF’s election rules to ‘allay threats to Hayat’s fiefdom’ [Dawn]
It seems the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has quelled the threat to Faisal Saleh Hayat’s presidential hot-seat.
![Capt Safdar to discuss ‘fake’ PFA elections [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FSH-vs-Capt-Safdar.jpg "Capt Safdar to discuss ‘fake’ PFA elections [The News]")
April20December 7, 2020
Capt Safdar to discuss ‘fake’ PFA elections [The News]
Captain Safdar, son-in-lawof Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has been in close contact with the members of Punjab Football Association (PFA) and is expected to reach Lahore in the next two or three days to discuss with them what happened at the electoral meeting of the PFA at the PFF headquarters in Lahore on Friday.
![Controversy reigns as Hayat declares Sardar Naveed PFA chief [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/unnamed.jpg "Controversy reigns as Hayat declares Sardar Naveed PFA chief [Dawn]")
April19December 7, 2020
Controversy reigns as Hayat declares Sardar Naveed PFA chief [Dawn]
Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) president Faisal Saleh Hayat says the Punjab Football Association (PFA) elections were held on Friday which saw Sardar Naveed Haider Khan elected its president while the rival group claims they were never held.
April18December 21, 2020
Mockery of democracy in PFA elections at PFF headquarters [The News]
FIFA rules and football ethics were butchered on Friday during elections of Punjab Football Association (PFA) which saw a few people getting involved in a brawl.
![Christian footballer kicking down barriers in Pakistan [Al Jazeera]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/85164666a20f403cbd3c3a098a913a41_18.jpg "Christian footballer kicking down barriers in Pakistan [Al Jazeera]")
March31January 29, 2023
Christian footballer kicking down barriers in Pakistan [Al Jazeera]
Minorities are often targetted in Pakistan but a Christian girl from Karachi ended up playing football for the country.