The good news for Pakistan is that former Fulham defender Zeeshan Rehman and Denmark-based Hassan Bashir will be part of the team for the match against Afghanistan.
Category: U-22 National Team
![This time, for Pakistan! [TNS] This time, for Pakistan! [TNS]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_6983.jpg)
This time, for Pakistan! [TNS]
It is time the PFF woke up and rescue its variant of the beautiful game before it perishes once and for all. Not for themselves maybe, but for our country.
![Camp for major assignments begins [The News] Camp for major assignments begins [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Pakistan-vs-Indonesia-2014.jpg)
Camp for major assignments begins [The News]
National footballers will assemble in Lahore on Saturday (today) to kick-start their preparations for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers and 2016 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championship qualifiers
![Road to 2018 FIFA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers [FPDC Exclusive] Road to 2018 FIFA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers [FPDC Exclusive]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/10922858_10155023439425234_9178467045284373917_n.jpg)
Road to 2018 FIFA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers [FPDC Exclusive]
For a country that has never won a World Cup Qualifying match and not scored a WCQ goal in over a decade you would have expected a bit more serious planning, urgency and ambition.
![‘Far-sighted’ Shamlan eyes long-term impact [Dawn] ‘Far-sighted’ Shamlan eyes long-term impact [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Shamlan1.jpg)
‘Far-sighted’ Shamlan eyes long-term impact [Dawn]
Mohammad Al Shamlan’s arrival sparked a wave of optimism that he would take Pakistan’s football team to the next level.

Pakistan in tough Group B for AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers
Pakistan to host Group B of AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers.
![AFC U-23 CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 QUALIFIERS DRAW ON THURSDAY [AFC] AFC U-23 CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 QUALIFIERS DRAW ON THURSDAY [AFC]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Pakistan-U22s-in-Bahrain-14-June-2012.jpg)
AFC U-23 CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 QUALIFIERS DRAW ON THURSDAY [AFC]
Forty-four nations will find out their AFC U-23 Championship 2016 qualifying opponents during an official draw to be held in the Malaysian capital city on Thursday.
![Friendly series: Probable Afghanistan visit on the cards [Express Tribune] Friendly series: Probable Afghanistan visit on the cards [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/afghanistan-vs-pakistan.jpg)
Friendly series: Probable Afghanistan visit on the cards [Express Tribune]
Pakistan is likely to host a friendly series with Afghanistan next month in order to give the side further international exposure.
![Dreams of nothingness [Dawn] Dreams of nothingness [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Pakistan-Asian-Games-2010.jpg)
Dreams of nothingness [Dawn]
By Mohammed Shahnawaz Every four years a phenomenon grips the Pakistani public that is the football World Cup with pockets...
![Essa hopeful of Pakistan football team’s future [Express Tribune] Essa hopeful of Pakistan football team’s future [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/essa-1.jpg)
Essa hopeful of Pakistan football team’s future [Express Tribune]
K-Electric captain Essa claims that the Pakistan team has a bright future ahead.