FIFA snubbing Faisal Saleh Hayat's 'strong protests' and plan on backing normalisation committee.
A tough task [TNS]
Alexandre Gros, who will monitor the working of the FIFA-appointed normalisation committee, should know that things in Pakistan football are not easy. Problems will come and the path is filled with thorns.
Control of PFF headquarters, accounts: Ashfaq group convenes meeting [The News]
FIFA has said that the headquarters and accounts should be handed over to the committee by September 20 (today). It is pertinent to mention here that the Ashfaq-led PFF had been formed in elections ordered by the Supreme Court.
Normalisation Committee removes Lodhi as PFF secretary [Dawn]
“The removal wasn’t based on performance. It was taken to ensure neutrality in the PFF secretariat. We decided in the meeting that it wouldn’t be fair to have anyone in the PFF administration who was associated with either of the two factions.”
Normalisation Committee was the need of the hour: FIFA official [Dawn]
“We wanted to act for quite some time but the trigger point for FIFA to decide it was high time to appoint the Normalisation Committee was when we saw that the Pakistan national team facing difficulty in participating in the first round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier,” Gros said.
Questions raised over neutrality of FIFA body members [The News]
Faisal Saleh Hayat ally Khadim Ali Shah accuses normalisation committee appointees not being neutral.
The wait is over: FIFA announces Normalisation Committee for PFF [Dawn]
Normalisation committee members express hope.
Composition of normalisation committee for PFF confirmed [FIFA]
FIFA formally names normalisation committee members for resolving years of PFF political infighting.
FIFA delegation completes interviews for normalisation committee [The News]
FIFA/AFC delegation will now head back to finalise normalisation committee members.
‘FIFA should take action on PFF corruption’ [Dawn]
Sardar Naveed, formerly a Hayat ally, presented more documents as he alleged that the AFC had made further payments to the PFF which were questionable.