![Essa joins KRL as coach, preparing for Challenge Cup [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Muhammad-Essa-at-2022-CM-Balochistan-Gold-Cup-1160x535.jpg "Essa joins KRL as coach, preparing for Challenge Cup [The News]")
For the upcoming National Challenge Cup campaign, Muhammad Essa joins the coaching staff of KRL, the department team that he once captained as a player.
Category: Player Watch
![First AFC Futsal Referee MA Course to commence today [The Nation]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/referee-linesman.jpeg "First AFC Futsal Referee MA Course to commence today [The Nation]")
January14January 14, 2023
First AFC Futsal Referee MA Course to commence today [The Nation]
25 participants from across Pakistan to take part in AFC Futsal Referee MA course from 14-18 January
![Comment: Pele’s relevance in Pakistan went beyond the sport [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Pele-1970-1024x535.webp "Comment: Pele’s relevance in Pakistan went beyond the sport [Dawn]")
December31December 31, 2022
Comment: Pele’s relevance in Pakistan went beyond the sport [Dawn]
Almost no one in Pakistan was lucky enough to see Pele in his glorious career, yet his name always had reverence and respect for decades.
November30December 2, 2022
FIFA Referee Akhona Makalima in Pakistan
By Muhammad Babur FIFA Referee Akhona Makalima who is currently in Pakistan to conduct a leadership course on the invitation...
November23November 23, 2022
FIFA referee Akhona Makalima arrives Lahore to conduct international course
By Muhammad Babur Lahore: On the occasion of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, a South African FIFA-certified female referee Akhona...
November22November 22, 2022
#NEPvPAK Player Ratings
Player ratings for the Nepal 1-0 Pakistan friendly on 16 November by Jasper Reichardt from The Analytic Agency.
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.
![Referee fitness test held at Football House Lahore [The Nation]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Referees-at-PFF-Football-House-for-Referees-Fitness-Test-800x535.jpeg "Referee fitness test held at Football House Lahore [The Nation]")
October30October 30, 2022
Referee fitness test held at Football House Lahore [The Nation]
Participants for the 2023 FIFA Referee list had their fitness test at PFF House under supervision of a physical trainer. They also met NC's Haroon Malik and Shahid Khokhar
![Former Pakistan footballer Ali Nawaz passes away [Geo Super]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Pakistan-Football-Federation-Official-Mr.-Ali-Nawaz-received-the-AFC-distinguished-Service-Award-2013-from-FIFA-President-Joseph-.-Blatter-AFC-President-Sheikh-Salman-Bin-Ebrahim-Al-Khalifa.jpg "Former Pakistan footballer Ali Nawaz passes away [Geo Super]")
October28October 29, 2022
Former Pakistan footballer Ali Nawaz passes away [Geo Super]
The former Lyari-born Pakistan NT captain and ex-PFF vice president dies of brain hemorrhage complications at the age of 73. He won the Pride of Performance award in 1996 and AFC Distinguished Service Award in 2013.