After 15 months in the wilderness, the 2023 National Challenge Cup's Final Round fixtures expected to 1-12 May in Lahore featuring 16 teams.
PFF NC finally announces results of elections in 75 districts [Dawn]
Objections raised on newly registered clubs voting, other alleged irregularities amid the initial District FA elections results are made public by PFF NC.
Zahir, Lodhi win as PFF NC announces district election results [The News]
Amid objections raised on allowing newly registered clubs to vote in DFA elections, PFF presidential hopeful Syed Zahir Ali Shah and PML-N MPA Naveed Aslam Lodhi won in Peshawar and Sahiwal respectively.
PFF announces result of 75 districts in DFA Elections
Election results of 75 districts, including Islamabad, announced. Remaining District FA elections will be held after Eid-ul-Fitr according to PFF NC press release.
PFF NC must make its next 9-months plan clear
FPDC Editorial: With FIFA granting a generous extension to the PFF Normalisation Committee's mandate till December 2024, NC must also plan, and secure funding for, actual football.
‘Top Pak footballers could have earned Rs10 million each’ [The News]
Nasir Ismail claims that during the last 9 years of crises in PFF and stoppages in domestic football, mainstream players lost as much as Rs 10 million of earnings each.
The need for domestic football league [TNS]
The FIFA-appointed PFF NC has been totally ignoring the needs of our local footballers by not holding the Pakistan Premier League, writes Alam Zeb Safi.
Fareedullah undergoes surgery [Dawn]
Fareedullah suffered a broken collarbone during 1st half of Pakistan's 7-0 away defeat at the hands of Jordan in 2026 WCQs on 26 March.
Better results not possible without league: Zavisa [The News]
“It is the formation of the youth leagues, the formation of the premier league and above all the education of a large number of professional coaches. When such a work system is established it is necessary to wait and be patient for at least four to six years,” former Pakistan MNT boss Zavisa Milosavljevic said.
How Asia’s World Cup qualifying format disadvantages its weakest teams [CGTN]
Pakistan's recent double-header against heavyweights Jordan, as part of the FIFA World Cup-AFC Asian Cup joint 2nd round qualifiers, saw them concede 10 goals over the two games. The defeats may have left Pakistani football fans disheartened, but participating in the 2nd round represents progress for a team that had never previously made it past the 1st round.