![Elected PFF era begins amid hopes and challenges ahead [TNS]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/PFF-ExCo-Elections-2025-Shahid-Khokhar-1160x535.jpg "Elected PFF era begins amid hopes and challenges ahead [TNS]")
After years of uncertainty, elected PFF era begins amid hopes and challenges ahead, writes Sarfraz Ahmed for The News on Sunday.
Tag: Football Development
![PFF vice presidents unite under Mohsen Gilani to rebuild football in Pakistan [The Nation]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Mohsen-Gilani-Hafiz-Zakaullah-Dr-Muhammad-Ali-celebrate-winning-2025-PFF-ExCo-elections-1160x535.jpg "PFF vice presidents unite under Mohsen Gilani to rebuild football in Pakistan [The Nation]")
June5June 5, 2025
PFF vice presidents unite under Mohsen Gilani to rebuild football in Pakistan [The Nation]
All three elected PFF vice-presidents, Naveed Aslam Lodhi, Hafiz Zakaullah and Dr Muhammad Ali pledged to foster transparency, unity and grassroots development in Pakistani football after a decade of crises.
![‘Pakistan is an untapped gold mine of football’ [Nukta]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Pakistan-celebrate-beating-Cambodia-in-2026-FIFA-World-Cup-qualifiers-at-Jinnah-Stadium-Islamabad-1160x535.jpg "‘Pakistan is an untapped gold mine of football’ [Nukta]")
October16October 16, 2024
‘Pakistan is an untapped gold mine of football’ [Nukta]
Football has failed to attract the corporate sector's attention the way it should have in a country where it is the most popular sport after cricket.
![PFF consultant Shahrukh Sohail on the future of football in Pakistan [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PFF-flag.jpg "PFF consultant Shahrukh Sohail on the future of football in Pakistan [Express Tribune]")
July25July 31, 2024
PFF consultant Shahrukh Sohail on the future of football in Pakistan [Express Tribune]
PFF plans leagues for men, women, and youth, aiming to create jobs and improve football infrastructure, says PFF consultant Shahrukh Sohail.
![With right plan, infrastructure, Pakistan can compete in World Cup 2030 [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/DFA-Quetta-vs-Chaman-City-PPL-Balochistan-Cup-2018.jpg "With right plan, infrastructure, Pakistan can compete in World Cup 2030 [The News]")
December5December 6, 2022
With right plan, infrastructure, Pakistan can compete in World Cup 2030 [The News]
NC chairman Haroon Malik, ex-captain Muhammad Essa, coach Nasir Ismail say only long-term development plans in infrastructure, coaching, grassroots, domestic football can make Pakistan try for 2030 World Cup spot.
![PFF NC meets joint delegation of German, Netherlands and Belgium FAs [The Nation]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PFF-NC-meets-joint-delegation-of-DFB-KNVB-and-RBFA-in-Doha-800x535.jpeg "PFF NC meets joint delegation of German, Netherlands and Belgium FAs [The Nation]")
November22November 22, 2022
PFF NC meets joint delegation of German, Netherlands and Belgium FAs [The Nation]
PFF NC delegation met officials from DFB, KNVB and RBFA in Doha to discuss areas of common interest and possible technical support with the European football giants
![Football in Pakistan: Playing CPEC Onside [Business Recorder]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DFA-Dukki-vs-DFA-Gwadar-PPL-Balochistan-Cup-2018-semis.jpg "Football in Pakistan: Playing CPEC Onside [Business Recorder]")
January12January 12, 2021
Football in Pakistan: Playing CPEC Onside [Business Recorder]
Can CPEC gain acceptance across Pakistan if it also develops football infrastructure in Balochistan, KPk, GB etc?
![Developing all aspects of football environment key for game’s growth, advises AFC’s Roxburgh [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Andy-Roxburg-1160x535.jpg "Developing all aspects of football environment key for game’s growth, advises AFC’s Roxburgh [Dawn]")
May9May 9, 2020
Developing all aspects of football environment key for game’s growth, advises AFC’s Roxburgh [Dawn]
“No matter which country you come from football is like a three-layered cake: the thin icing is the pro level; the fruit below is the elite youth level; and the bulk of the cake is the grassroots of the game,”
![Drastic changes needed to lift Pak football: Essa [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Muhammad-Essa-with-Sajjad-Mehmood-at-AFC-Grassroots-Conference-960x535.jpg "Drastic changes needed to lift Pak football: Essa [The News]")
March25March 25, 2020
Drastic changes needed to lift Pak football: Essa [The News]
Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Essa said the country’s football needs drastic changes in its structure for its prosperity.
![Wanted: a pragmatic plan for Pakistan football [TNS]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/NBP-vs-Falcon-FC-NFCC-2018.jpg "Wanted: a pragmatic plan for Pakistan football [TNS]")
July8July 8, 2018
Wanted: a pragmatic plan for Pakistan football [TNS]
Alam Zeb Safi questions PFF's aims of 2026 WC qualification without having any tangible long-term plans for developing football.
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