“Only FIFA and the AFC can resolve the issue, if they intervene once again. They should come again and sit with both the parties.”
Tag: football crisis
![Pakistan slip to appalling 197th in FIFA rankings [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Pakistan-197th-in-Oct-2016-FIFA-Mens-Rankings.jpg "Pakistan slip to appalling 197th in FIFA rankings [Dawn]")
October21October 21, 2016
Pakistan slip to appalling 197th in FIFA rankings [Dawn]
Continued PFF crisis means Pakistan continues to plummet given as national team remains inactive since March 2015
![Kaleemullah asks FIFA to solve PFF mess [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Kaleemullah-left-with-Tulsa-Roughnecks-FC-teammate-Henri-Manhebo.jpg "Kaleemullah asks FIFA to solve PFF mess [Express Tribune]")
October18October 18, 2016
Kaleemullah asks FIFA to solve PFF mess [Express Tribune]
Kaleemullah says neither Faisal Saleh Hayat nor Justice Asad Munir are the right men to lead the embattled PFF
![Pakistan to miss SAFF Women’s Championship [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Pakistan-Womens-National-Team.jpg "Pakistan to miss SAFF Women’s Championship [Dawn]")
October7September 10, 2023
Pakistan to miss SAFF Women’s Championship [Dawn]
PFF crisis, and surge in Pak-India tensions mean Pakistan won't take part in upcoming November 2016 event in India.
![Essa laments AFC Solidarity Cup withdrawal [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Essas-players-association-protesting-PFF-crisis-in-Karachi.jpg "Essa laments AFC Solidarity Cup withdrawal [Dawn]")
October6September 14, 2023
Essa laments AFC Solidarity Cup withdrawal [Dawn]
Ex-national captain says crisis-ridden PFF should have sent a team to the international event.
![FIFA acknowledges all not well in Pakistan as funding stopped [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PFF-Football-House.jpg "FIFA acknowledges all not well in Pakistan as funding stopped [Dawn]")
October2October 2, 2016
FIFA acknowledges all not well in Pakistan as funding stopped [Dawn]
World football body admits withholding development funds from crisis-ridden PFF per Umaid Wasim
![AFC Solidarity Cup withdrawal adds to Pakistan football woes [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/afc-solidarity-cup-2016-logo.png "AFC Solidarity Cup withdrawal adds to Pakistan football woes [Dawn]"){kind=logo}
September21September 21, 2016
AFC Solidarity Cup withdrawal adds to Pakistan football woes [Dawn]
Hayat faction refuses to send team, PFF Administrator keen on participation
![Essa launches ‘players association’ [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Essa-and-Zabe-Khan-in-players-association-protesting-PFF-crisis-in-Karachi.jpg "Essa launches ‘players association’ [The News]")
September10September 10, 2016
Essa launches ‘players association’ [The News]
Essa denies supporting Faisal Saleh Hayat group
![Faisal Saleh Hayat: The feudal lord of Pakistani football [The Nation]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/PFF-Faisal.jpg "Faisal Saleh Hayat: The feudal lord of Pakistani football [The Nation]")
September9February 3, 2017
Faisal Saleh Hayat: The feudal lord of Pakistani football [The Nation]
Ali Ahsan profiles PFF boss Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat in his journey becoming the PFF boss and the 2015 crisis that has disrupted Pakistani football.
![Great that court’s fast-tracking case: Essa [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Lahore-High-Court-LHC.jpg "Great that court’s fast-tracking case: Essa [Express Tribune]")
September8September 10, 2016
Great that court’s fast-tracking case: Essa [Express Tribune]
LHC will start daily proceedings of PFF cases from 27 September 2016 onwards