![Essa launches ‘players association’ [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Essa-and-Zabe-Khan-in-players-association-protesting-PFF-crisis-in-Karachi.jpg "Essa launches ‘players association’ [The News]")
Essa denies supporting Faisal Saleh Hayat group
Category: Nationwide News
![AFC Solidarity Cup offers fresh hope to Pakistan [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/AFC-Solidarity-Cup-2016-draw.jpg "AFC Solidarity Cup offers fresh hope to Pakistan [Dawn]")
September9September 9, 2016
AFC Solidarity Cup offers fresh hope to Pakistan [Dawn]
New tournament for lowest ranked Asian teams in November. Speculation suggests Muhammad Essa is manipulating players protest to favour Faisal Saleh Hayat group
![Faisal Saleh Hayat: The feudal lord of Pakistani football [The Nation]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/PFF-Faisal.jpg "Faisal Saleh Hayat: The feudal lord of Pakistani football [The Nation]")
September9February 3, 2017
Faisal Saleh Hayat: The feudal lord of Pakistani football [The Nation]
Ali Ahsan profiles PFF boss Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat in his journey becoming the PFF boss and the 2015 crisis that has disrupted Pakistani football.
![Great that court’s fast-tracking case: Essa [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Lahore-High-Court-LHC.jpg "Great that court’s fast-tracking case: Essa [Express Tribune]")
September8September 10, 2016
Great that court’s fast-tracking case: Essa [Express Tribune]
LHC will start daily proceedings of PFF cases from 27 September 2016 onwards
September6September 8, 2016
Raising their voice: Footballers gathering in Karachi for protest [Express Tribune]
by Natasha Raheel KARACHI: Disheartened national football players are set to take to the streets and stage a demonstration on Friday...
September6September 8, 2016
Footballers set to launch players’ association [The News]
by Alam Zeb Safi KARACHI: National footballers are set to launch their ‘players association’ and start protest demonstrations from Friday...
![Tournament breathes life back into football in Wana [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/football-in-Wana-South-Waziristan.jpg "Tournament breathes life back into football in Wana [Express Tribune]")
August28August 28, 2016
Tournament breathes life back into football in Wana [Express Tribune]
Wana Sports Complex in South Waziristan hosting an All-Pakistan football tournament after years of fear under militancy.
![Players’ association: Coaches hampering formation, says Adil [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Muhammad-Adil-Pakistan-vs-India-SAFF-Cup-2013.jpg "Players’ association: Coaches hampering formation, says Adil [Express Tribune]")
August25August 25, 2016
Players’ association: Coaches hampering formation, says Adil [Express Tribune]
Muhammad Adil says department coaches discouraging players from joining proposed players association.
![Footballers to launch protest from month-end: Essa [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/essa-kesc.jpg "Footballers to launch protest from month-end: Essa [The News]")
August17August 17, 2016
Footballers to launch protest from month-end: Essa [The News]
Former international captain Muhammad Essa says players association 'almost ready' and will launch protesting PFF crisis later this month
![Denmark-born Pak footballer dismayed by PFF crisis [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Hassan-Bashir-vs-Yemen.jpg "Denmark-born Pak footballer dismayed by PFF crisis [The News]")
August15August 15, 2016
Denmark-born Pak footballer dismayed by PFF crisis [The News]
International striker Hassan Bashir expresses his frustration over PFF crisis to The News' Alam Zeb Safi