![Two new foreign-based players named for Maldives friendly [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Harun-Hamid-and-Abdul-Samad-called-up-to-Pakistan-MNT-for-Maldives-friendly-1160x535.jpg "Two new foreign-based players named for Maldives friendly [The News]")
Harun Hamid (QPR U21s) and Abdul Samad Shehzad (HB Køge) given first call-ups in 23-member Pakistan MNT squad for Maldives friendly
Category: Foreign Based Players
![Pakistan’s Complicated Relationship with Diaspora Footballers [PIDE]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PFF-flag.jpg "Pakistan’s Complicated Relationship with Diaspora Footballers [PIDE]")
March15March 15, 2023
Pakistan’s Complicated Relationship with Diaspora Footballers [PIDE]
At a time when diaspora players are becoming increasingly important in teams all over the world, they are slighted by the local football community in Pakistan and some individuals in the media just because they were not born in Pakistan.
November17November 17, 2022
5 talking points from Nepal vs. Pakistan
Shahrukh Sohail with 5 important giveaways from yesterday's Pakistan defeat by Nepal in Kathmandu. The match was Pakistan's first international in over 3 years.
![Otis Khan eager to represent Pakistan football team [Geo Super]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Otis-Khan-at-Grimsby-Town-1160x535.jpg "Otis Khan eager to represent Pakistan football team [Geo Super]")
November5November 5, 2022
Otis Khan eager to represent Pakistan football team [Geo Super]
Otis Khan, the former Man United Academy trainee currently at Grimsby Town, eager to represent Pakistan internationally in football owing to his Pakistani grandfather.
![Pak football coach hopes to fully utilise foreign exposure [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Shahzad-Anwar-during-Pakistan-MNT-camp-in-Lahore-1160x535.jpg "Pak football coach hopes to fully utilise foreign exposure [The News]")
October17October 17, 2022
Pak football coach hopes to fully utilise foreign exposure [The News]
With November friendlies in Nepal confirmed, Pakistan MNT coach Shahzad Anwar fully intends of utilizing FIFA match days in March and June 2023 for more international preps needed for World Cup qualifiers, SAFF Cup etc.
September9September 9, 2022
PFF NC appoints Brazilian trainer for national team [Dawn]
Shahzad Anwar’s Brazil connections get Rodrigo Esteves for Pakistan MNT camp as trainer. Shahzad had previously brought in Jose Nogueira and Beto Portella back in 2018.
![Brazil’s Rodrigo hired as football team’s trainer [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rodrigo-Esteves-and-Shahzad-Anwar-1160x535.jpg "Brazil’s Rodrigo hired as football team’s trainer [The News]")
September9September 9, 2022
Brazil’s Rodrigo hired as football team’s trainer [The News]
Rodrigo Esteves had worked with Shahzad Anwar at FC SKA Brasil. The Brazilian will now work with Pakistan MNT's prep camp in Lahore.
![Football trials in Lahore tomorrow [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Pakistan-MNT-trial-camp-in-Lahore-1160x535.jpg "Football trials in Lahore tomorrow [The News]")
September4September 4, 2022
Football trials in Lahore tomorrow [The News]
35-men Pakistan MNT camp for potential intl friendly preps to be finalized Monday. Some players from flood-affected districts allowed to join late.
August31August 31, 2022
Meet Maria Khan, the third-gen hero from the Khans of Nawakille
EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan WNT captain Maria Jamila Khan tells what it means to write a new chapter in her family’s illustrious sporting history & longing to represent Pakistan
![PFF decides to include dual-national players in national team [Geo News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Nadia-Khan-at-Doncaster-Rovers-Belles-2-990x535.jpeg "PFF decides to include dual-national players in national team [Geo News]")
August17August 17, 2022
PFF decides to include dual-national players in national team [Geo News]
PFF considering over dozen female footballers of Pakistani origin based in UK, Greece, America and UAE, say sources. Two diaspora players already called up for SAFF Women's Championship.