Despite objections from Hayat faction, FIFA firmly backing normalisation committee.
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![Normalisation Committee gets control of PFF headquarters [Dawn] Normalisation Committee gets control of PFF headquarters [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Ashfaq-group-hands-over-PFF-House-to-Normalisation-Committee-1152x535.jpeg)
Normalisation Committee gets control of PFF headquarters [Dawn]
“For the sake of the footballers, the Congress and General Body took this decision to welcome the Normalisation Committee appointed by FIFA. Though we can hold tournaments at domestic level, without FIFA we can’t send our footballers abroad, so, we decided to accept the normalisation committee,” Ashfaq Hussain Shah said.
![Ashfaq-led body decides to hand over PFF office, accounts [The News] Ashfaq-led body decides to hand over PFF office, accounts [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Ashfaq-Shah-PFF-faction-ExCo-meets-to-approve-takeover-by-Normalisation-Committee-1160x535.jpg)
Ashfaq-led body decides to hand over PFF office, accounts [The News]
Ashfaq Hussain faction agrees to officially handover PFF House, bank accounts over to FIFA-appointed Normalisation Committee.
![Normalisation Committee wants football included in National Games [Dawn] Normalisation Committee wants football included in National Games [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/32nd-National-Games-2013-in-Islamabad.jpg)
Normalisation Committee wants football included in National Games [Dawn]
Humza Khan has written to POA requesting football be included as National Games return after 7 years in limbo.
![FIFA committed to putting Pakistan football ‘back on track’ [Dawn] FIFA committed to putting Pakistan football ‘back on track’ [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/FIFA-World-Cup-trophy.jpg)
FIFA committed to putting Pakistan football ‘back on track’ [Dawn]
FIFA snubbing Faisal Saleh Hayat's 'strong protests' and plan on backing normalisation committee.
![A tough task [TNS] A tough task [TNS]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PFF-flag.jpg)
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] Control of PFF headquarters, accounts: Ashfaq group convenes meeting [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/PFF-House-1000x535.jpg)
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] Normalisation Committee removes Lodhi as PFF secretary [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Lt-Col-Ahmed-Yar-Lodhi.jpg)
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] Normalisation Committee was the need of the hour: FIFA official [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Alexandre-Gros-with-Humza-Khan-on-forming-PFF-Normalisation-Committee.jpg)
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] Questions raised over neutrality of FIFA body members [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Khadim-Ali-Shah-with-Rahim-Bakhsh-1160x535.jpg)
Questions raised over neutrality of FIFA body members [The News]
Faisal Saleh Hayat ally Khadim Ali Shah accuses normalisation committee appointees not being neutral.
![FIFA backs Normalisation Committee after Hayat criticism [Dawn] FIFA backs Normalisation Committee after Hayat criticism [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PFF-Football-House.jpg)