![FOOTBALL: NEW HOPES, OLD FEARS [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Pakistan-WNT-celebrate-beating-Indonesia-2026-AFC-Womens-Asian-Cup-qualifiers-1160x535.jpeg "FOOTBALL: NEW HOPES, OLD FEARS [Dawn]")
Pakistan WNT is expected to play the FIFA Series in March. Facing off against teams from other confederations will be both an opportunity and a challenge
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![PFF turns to FIFA for developing the game [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/PFF-Football-House-1-1160x535.jpeg "PFF turns to FIFA for developing the game [The News]")
January11January 11, 2026
PFF turns to FIFA for developing the game [The News]
“Instead of burdening the government, our aim is to attract international resources to uplift football infrastructure,” said PFF president Mohsen Gilani
![PPFL not possible until NC gets accounts control [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/KRL-vs-SSGC-PPFL-2018-finale.jpg "PPFL not possible until NC gets accounts control [The News]")
August30August 30, 2022
PPFL not possible until NC gets accounts control [The News]
As court case for control of PFF accounts reaches its final stages, NC says alternative financing arrangements with FIFA have their limitations
![Premier league in consideration but issues need to be sorted: Shahid [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Haroon-Malik-with-Shahid-Khokhar-and-Haris-Azmat-at-72nd-FIFA-Congress-2022-in-Doha-1160x535.jpg "Premier league in consideration but issues need to be sorted: Shahid [The News]")
July2July 2, 2022
Premier league in consideration but issues need to be sorted: Shahid [The News]
From bringing PFF House back into acceptable working conditions, to hiring new PFF staff, to planning football events, NC has its work cut out with lifting of FIFA ban
![PFF picks preliminary U23 squad for Abbottabad camp [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mohib-for-Pakistan-vs-Palestine-2024-AFC-U23-Asian-Cup-qualifiers-1081x535.png "PFF picks preliminary U23 squad for Abbottabad camp [The News]")
August15August 15, 2025
PFF picks preliminary U23 squad for Abbottabad camp [The News]
50-member preliminary squad selected for further training ahead of the AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifiers in September.
August14August 14, 2025
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![Players in dire straits after closure of departmental football [SAMAA]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Saadullah-for-Benazirabad-Lions-in-Sindh-Super-League-925x535.png "Players in dire straits after closure of departmental football [SAMAA]")
March30March 31, 2022
Players in dire straits after closure of departmental football [SAMAA]
As departments begin to close down their sports teams on orders of current federal govt, lack of a transition plan means footballers in dire financial straits
![Shehzad to coach Brazilian football club [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Shahzad-Anwar-with-Jose-Antonio-Nogueira-1080x535.jpg "Shehzad to coach Brazilian football club [The News]")
March7March 7, 2022
Shehzad to coach Brazilian football club [The News]
Shahzad Anwar serving as assistant coach at FC Ska Brasil and joins ex Pakistan NT coach Jose Antonio Nogueira at the club with Waleed and Rizwan from POPO
![‘It is a tournament to identify talent early’ [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ashfaq-Shah-group-press-conf-19-May-2021.-1160x535.jpg "‘It is a tournament to identify talent early’ [The News]")
June24June 24, 2021
‘It is a tournament to identify talent early’ [The News]
Ashfaq Shah faction announces their own National U23 Championship featuring 12 teams in Abbottabad from 4 July onwards
![Futsal filling vacuum left by football [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Diya-WFC-win-All-Karachi-Chase-Up-U23-Women-Futsal-1160x535.jpg "Futsal filling vacuum left by football [Express Tribune]")
May4May 4, 2021
Futsal filling vacuum left by football [Express Tribune]
Youngsters find answers in the sport with the PFF suspended by FIFA due to political chaos
![Challenges plague Pakistan women’s football [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Pakistan-WNT-camp-in-Karachi-before-Singapore-tour-1160x535.jpg "Challenges plague Pakistan women’s football [Express Tribune]")
July16July 20, 2023
Challenges plague Pakistan women’s football [Express Tribune]
Supporting Pakistan WNT 'difficult without harboring resentment' towards the PFF NC, which seems determined to 'mock the sport and the players,' writes Natasha Raheel
![PFF announces women’s team squad for match against Singapore [Geo Super]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Pakistan-WNT-with-Jahangir-Khan-1160x535.jpeg "PFF announces women’s team squad for match against Singapore [Geo Super]")
July14July 15, 2023
PFF announces women’s team squad for match against Singapore [Geo Super]
After receiving NOCs at last minute, 20-member Pakistan WNT squad also received Singapore visas late. The team will now play only one friendly on 18th
![Removing hurdles one by one [TNS]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/PFF-NC-at-press-conference-after-retaking-PFF-House-1160x535.jpg "Removing hurdles one by one [TNS]")
May8May 8, 2022
Removing hurdles one by one [TNS]
NC member Shahid Khokhar reiterates in interview with TNS that NC's next tasks are regaining control of PFF's bank accounts plus their digital and physical assets.
April5April 5, 2022
Doha meetings were ‘highly successful’: Haroon [The News]
NC chairman Haroon Malik says AFC President Sheikh Salman, other FIFA/AFC member countries 'very keen' to see Pak football back to normal once FIFA ban ends
![Back on track [TNS]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PFF-flag.jpg "Back on track [TNS]")
April3April 3, 2022
Back on track [TNS]
With the FIFA Congress supporting Pakistan’s return to international football, things are looking up finally for the sport in the country.
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