![A tough fight expected in PFF president elections [TNS]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Taha-Alizai-Mohsen-Gilani-Hafiz-Zakaullah-1.jpg "A tough fight expected in PFF president elections [TNS]")
'As the elections draw near, the contest is no longer just about personalities. It is a referendum on the future direction of football in Pakistan - a sport yearning for revival after years of stagnation.' writes Sarfraz Ahmed for TNS
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![Pakistan camp for ACQs from June 1 [Nukta]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/McKeal-Abdullah-and-Abdul-Samad-Arshad-Syria-vs-Pakistan-2027-AFC-Asian-Cup-qualifiers-1157x535.jpg "Pakistan camp for ACQs from June 1 [Nukta]")
May20May 20, 2025
Pakistan camp for ACQs from June 1 [Nukta]
NC plans to hold MNT camp at Islamabad under Stephen Constantine for a few days before moving squad to Myanmar by 5 June for further preps. Pakistan play Myanmar away on 10 June.
![Pakistan and Myanmar swap AFC qualifier fixtures [Nukta]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pakistan-2027-AFC-Asian-Cup-qualifiers-1160x535.jpg "Pakistan and Myanmar swap AFC qualifier fixtures [Nukta]")
May19May 19, 2025
Pakistan and Myanmar swap AFC qualifier fixtures [Nukta]
ACQs: Pakistan MNT training camp for now reversed Myanmar fixture, pending AFC approval, to likely begin 1 June under Stephen Constantine. PFF considering options of holding camp abroad.
![PFF presidential election postponed till May 27 [The Nation]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/PFF-House-1160x535.jpg "PFF presidential election postponed till May 27 [The Nation]")
May16May 16, 2025
PFF presidential election postponed till May 27 [The Nation]
PFF presidential election rescheduled to 27th amid logistical hurdles for AFC/FIFA officials due to recent Pakistan-India tensions on the border.
![Old friends in three-way contest for PFF presidency [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Taha-Alizai-Mohsen-Gilani-Hafiz-Zakaullah-1160x535.jpg "Old friends in three-way contest for PFF presidency [Dawn]")
May2May 2, 2025
Old friends in three-way contest for PFF presidency [Dawn]
While Hafiz Zakaullah is a newcomer in Pak football governance, Karachi United founder Taha Alizai and former FIFA development officer Mohsen Gilani were once closely involved in Zahir Shah's tussle with Faisal Saleh Hayat over PFF control.
![PFF finalizes candidate list for ExCo elections [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/PFF-Football-House-1-1160x535.jpeg "PFF finalizes candidate list for ExCo elections [The News]")
May2May 2, 2025
PFF finalizes candidate list for ExCo elections [The News]
Taha Alizai, Hafiz Zakaullah, Mohsen Gilani confirmed as PFF Presidency candidates after 'rigorous' scrutiny process by PFF NC. PFF elections on 20 May in Lahore.
![PFF NC cancels players’ holidays on Eid, retains combination for Myanmar Clash [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Ali-Uzair-Gujjar-Syria-vs-Pakistan-2027-AFC-Asian-Cup-qualifiers-1160x535.jpg "PFF NC cancels players’ holidays on Eid, retains combination for Myanmar Clash [The News]")
April28April 28, 2025
PFF NC cancels players’ holidays on Eid, retains combination for Myanmar Clash [The News]
With the Pakistan-Myanmar ACQs clash in Islamabad on 10 June likely just two days after Eid ul Azha, PFF NC to retain squad under Stephen Constantine.
![NC body bans Zahir for establishing ‘parallel Congress’ [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Zahir-Shah-1160x535.jpg "NC body bans Zahir for establishing ‘parallel Congress’ [The News]")
April8April 8, 2025
NC body bans Zahir for establishing ‘parallel Congress’ [The News]
PFF Presidential hopeful Zahir Shah given 10-year ban by PFF Disciplinary Committee for forming parallel PFF Congress in June 2015, misappropriating Peshawar Goal Project funds.
![NC finally set to hold PFF elections on May 20 [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PFF-flag.jpg "NC finally set to hold PFF elections on May 20 [The News]")
April7April 7, 2025
NC finally set to hold PFF elections on May 20 [The News]
The long overdue PFF elections will be completed on May 20th, when the elected body will take over the reins of the Pakistan Football Federation.
![AFC chief ‘hoping for a new era of PFF’ as election rules announced [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/PFF-NC-chairman-Saud-Hashmi-and-member-Shahid-Khokhar-with-AFC-President-Sheikh-Salman-1080x535.jpg "AFC chief ‘hoping for a new era of PFF’ as election rules announced [Dawn]")
April5April 5, 2025
AFC chief ‘hoping for a new era of PFF’ as election rules announced [Dawn]
PFF NC announced the election rules, ahead of their meeting with Sheikh Salman, the AFC president, in Colombo on the sidelines of the SAFF extraordinary congress meeting.