![Shehbaz invites footballer Riaz to PM House [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Muhammad-Riaz-and-PM-Shehbaz-Sharif.jpg "Shehbaz invites footballer Riaz to PM House [The News]")
Former Pakistan NT star Muhammad Riaz, who was seen selling jalebis in a viral social media video, met the Prime Minister.
Category: Player Watch
![Star soccer player forced to sell ‘jalebis’ [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pakistan-MNT-former-star-Muhammad-Riaz-forced-to-sell-Jalebis.jpg "Star soccer player forced to sell ‘jalebis’ [The News]")
March10March 10, 2025
Star soccer player forced to sell ‘jalebis’ [The News]
Former Pakistan star Muhammad Riaz shown to be making jalebis in a video widely shared on social media is another sign of players struggling with no signs of govt departments reinstating their football teams.
![Desperation of Shahjehan and many other footballers grows [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Shah-Jahan-Pakistan-vs-Maldives-2023-SAFF-U19-Championship-1160x535.jpg "Desperation of Shahjehan and many other footballers grows [The News]")
January2January 3, 2025
Desperation of Shahjehan and many other footballers grows [The News]
Shahjehan, one of the breakout stars when Pakistan reached 2023 SAFF U19 Championship final, cannot afford urgent wrist surgery. He is among the many national players still awaiting their owed allowances from PFF. They, in turn, say FIFA has yet to release funds.
December25December 25, 2024
Jennah Farooki: Pakistan WNT’s Newest Goalie
FootballPakistan.Com had an exclusive interview with the 17-year-old goalkeeper from New York after making her international debut against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Dec 7, 2024.
![National football players still await unpaid dues [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/869507-PFF-1428954617.jpg "National football players still await unpaid dues [Dawn]")
November26November 26, 2024
National football players still await unpaid dues [Dawn]
Rs 70 million of dues still owed to Pak footballers for men's, women's, U19, U17 national team activities in past year. PFF NC says FIFA yet to release remaining amounts.
![FOOTBALL: GLORY DAYS, PASS ME BY [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PIDC-East-footballers-including-Ustad-Amin-Baloch-in-1960s.jpg "FOOTBALL: GLORY DAYS, PASS ME BY [Dawn]")
September22September 22, 2024
FOOTBALL: GLORY DAYS, PASS ME BY [Dawn]
Surviving Pakistani and Bangladeshi footballers from the 1960s - Ustad Amin Baloch, Hafiz Uddin Ahmed and Golam Sarwar Tipu - recall the heyday and downfall of a footballing nation.
![Pakistan-eligible Norwegian footballer rejects €850,000 offer from Israeli club [Geo News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ole-Saeter-1160x535.jpg "Pakistan-eligible Norwegian footballer rejects €850,000 offer from Israeli club [Geo News]")
September20September 20, 2024
Pakistan-eligible Norwegian footballer rejects €850,000 offer from Israeli club [Geo News]
Ole Sæter, a striker at Norwegian club Rosenborg, rejected a transfer to Maccabi Haifa over Israeli violence against Palestinians. Ole has a Pakistani grandfather, making him eligible to play for Pakistan in international football.
![Pakistan’s Abdullah Iqbal acquired by Swedish club for €200,000 [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Abdullah-Iqbal-1160x535.jpg "Pakistan’s Abdullah Iqbal acquired by Swedish club for €200,000 [The News]")
August8August 25, 2025
Pakistan’s Abdullah Iqbal acquired by Swedish club for €200,000 [The News]
Iqbal has featured in 14 int'l matches for the national team where he captained the side in two fixtures
![Rising star Imran Kayani talks about representing Pakistan in football [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Imran-Kayani-Jordan-vs-Pakistan-2026-FIFA-World-Cup-qualifiers-1160x535.jpg "Rising star Imran Kayani talks about representing Pakistan in football [Express Tribune]")
August6August 6, 2024
Rising star Imran Kayani talks about representing Pakistan in football [Express Tribune]
22-year-old footballer shares his story of playing for Pakistan and his aspirations to make it in the European leagues
![Yousuf Butt talks challenges, aspirations in exclusive interview [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Yousuf-Butt-pre-match-press-conference-Pakistan-vs-Cambodia-2026-FIFA-World-Cup-qualifiers-1160x535.jpg "Yousuf Butt talks challenges, aspirations in exclusive interview [Express Tribune]")
July24July 26, 2024
Yousuf Butt talks challenges, aspirations in exclusive interview [Express Tribune]
Pakistan goalkeeper Yousuf Butt reflects on his football career, challenges in Pakistan’s football infrastructure, and future goals.