![AFC qualifiers aftermath: PFF backing Shamlan despite poor show [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/shamlaan.jpg "AFC qualifiers aftermath: PFF backing Shamlan despite poor show [Express Tribune]")
Despite a dismal show at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) 2016 U23 Championship qualifiers, Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) secretary Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi hopes to extend coach Mohammed Shamlan’s contract, which ends in July.
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.
![Shamlan positive as U23s leave for AFC Championship [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/download.jpg "Shamlan positive as U23s leave for AFC Championship [The News]")
Despite having failed to secure international friendlies, Pakistan football team coach Mohammad Shamlan on Wednesday said his charges would give tough time to their strong rivals in the 2016 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championship Qualifiers
![Hayat pulls out of AFC VP race, secures matches for Pakistan [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/President-PFF-along-with-GS-PFF-addressing-Press-Conference.jpg "Hayat pulls out of AFC VP race, secures matches for Pakistan [Dawn]")
When Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) president Faisal Saleh Hayat left for the Bahrain capital of Manama on Monday night, he was confident he would become AFC’s South zone vice-president during the Ordinary Congress of Asia’s football governing body on Thursday.
![Failure, yet again [TNS]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Pakistan.jpg "Failure, yet again [TNS]")
Like in the past, Pakistan fell in the first round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers when they were held by Yemen to a goalless draw in their second leg in Manama on March 23.
Pakistan head-coach Mohammed Al Shamlan will not extend his contract with the national team after it expires in July this year.
![Adil offered trial at Dutch second-tier club [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/adil.jpg "Adil offered trial at Dutch second-tier club [Dawn]")
Pakistan’s top winger Mohammad Adil has been offered a trial at a Dutch second-tier club, the FC Dordoi midfielder told Dawn on Tuesday.
![AFC U23 Group B qualifiers shifted from Pakistan [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Untitled.jpg "AFC U23 Group B qualifiers shifted from Pakistan [The News]")
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) postponed the 2016 AFC Under-23 championship qualifiers Group B matches which were scheduled to be conducted at Lahore from March 23-31.
Pakistan football team will get a major boost when Denmark-based prolific striker Mohammad Ali joins the side ahead of their 2018 World Cup Qualifiers tie against Yemen.
Pakistan lose 2-1 to Malaysia U-22s in a practice friendly.
