Pakistan needs strong league, says Saddam [The News]

Pakistan needs strong league, says Saddam [The News]

Pakistan’s midfielder Saddam Hussain also feels that. “It’s absolutely necessary to raise the league standard,” Saddam told ‘The News’ in an interview here on Friday.

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Failure yet again [The News on Sunday]

Failure yet again [The News on Sunday]

F­ollowing a disappointing failure in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers a couple of months back, Pakistan football team also failed to impress in the 2016 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championship qualifiers.

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Players were not confident: Hasan [The News]

Players were not confident: Hasan [The News]

Pakistan football team’s assistant coach Hassan Baloch on Friday said that the confidence level of the players was not good during the 2016 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championship Group B qualifiers.

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FIFA project in Peshawar — Pakistan football’s ‘lost’ Goal [DAWN]

Dawn's Umaid Wasim writes on how the Peshawar GOAL Project met a pathetic end due to egos and gross mismanagement as rivalry between Faisal Saleh Hayat and Zahir Ali Shah intensifies.

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AFC qualifiers aftermath: PFF backing Shamlan despite poor show [Express Tribune]

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.

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