![Problems galore [TNS]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ashfaq-Shah-group-confronts-Haroon-Malik-at-PFF-House-on-27-March-2021-960x535.jpg "Problems galore [TNS]")
Pakistan’s leading footballers, wrestlers and boxers are facing several issues, writes Alam Zeb Safi.
Tag: PFF
![Citing differences, Sardar Naveed ‘walks away’ from Ashfaq’s PFF [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Amir-Dogar-with-Shahid-Shinwari-Ashfaq-Shah-Sardar-Naveed-etc-1160x535.jpeg "Citing differences, Sardar Naveed ‘walks away’ from Ashfaq’s PFF [Dawn]")
July21July 21, 2021
Citing differences, Sardar Naveed ‘walks away’ from Ashfaq’s PFF [Dawn]
“I don’t want to be party to that agreement which is basically a sellout of Pakistan football,” Sardar Naveed on quitting Ashfaq Shah's PFF over franchise league deal
![Naveed resigns as PFF vice-president over differences [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sardar-Naveed-Haider-Khan-interviewed-by-Dawn-News-1160x535.jpg "Naveed resigns as PFF vice-president over differences [The News]")
July21July 21, 2021
Naveed resigns as PFF vice-president over differences [The News]
Sardar Naveed quits Ashfaq Shah group over 'illegal' franchise league deal that did not get approved by the PFF Congress
![FIFA extends PFF NC mandate despite Pakistan suspension [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fifa.jpg "FIFA extends PFF NC mandate despite Pakistan suspension [Dawn]")
July2July 2, 2021
FIFA extends PFF NC mandate despite Pakistan suspension [Dawn]
FIFA's global writ faces its strongest challenge in Pakistan. The deep-rooted political intrigue in Pak football trumps anything found in rest of the world
![PFF NC mandate extended [FIFA.com]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/fifa-hq-1160x535.jpg "PFF NC mandate extended [FIFA.com]")
July1July 1, 2021
PFF NC mandate extended [FIFA.com]
3-month extension given to Normalisation Committee but FIFA ban on Pakistan remains until PFF House and all matters returned back to NC
![Power struggles threaten football in Pakistan [New Frame]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/PFF-House-1000x535.jpg "Power struggles threaten football in Pakistan [New Frame]")
June29June 29, 2021
Power struggles threaten football in Pakistan [New Frame]
Desperate footballers have pleaded with the warring factions in Pakistan’s football federation to put players and supporters’ interests ahead of their egos.
![Footballers should only care about playing: Ashfaq [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ashfaq-Shah-PFF-ExCo-meeting-29-May-2021-1160x535.jpg "Footballers should only care about playing: Ashfaq [The News]")
June22June 22, 2021
Footballers should only care about playing: Ashfaq [The News]
Ashfaq Shah, whose faction continues occupying PFF causing a FIFA ban, advises footballers to 'stay away' from PFF politics
![Scanty PSB grants upset national sports federations [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Pakistan-POA-Olympics.jpg "Scanty PSB grants upset national sports federations [Dawn]")
June12June 13, 2021
Scanty PSB grants upset national sports federations [Dawn]
Despite paltry funding, fears of govt interference in sports feds could lead to suspensions by international bodies like FIFA ban on PFF
![PFF NC chief critical of government’s role in resolving football crisis [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Haroon-Malik-speaks-with-IPC-Minister-Dr-Fehmida-Mirza-1104x535.jpg "PFF NC chief critical of government’s role in resolving football crisis [Dawn]")
June2June 2, 2021
PFF NC chief critical of government’s role in resolving football crisis [Dawn]
Haroon Malik unhappy that despite IPC Ministry assurances in past two months to resolve crisis 'soon,' PFF remains under Ashfaq Shah group control
![Suspension on Pakistan ratified by FIFA Congress [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/71st-FIFA-Congress-2021-1160x535.jpg "Suspension on Pakistan ratified by FIFA Congress [Dawn]")
May22May 22, 2021
Suspension on Pakistan ratified by FIFA Congress [Dawn]
NC had claimed Pakistan faces long ban but FIFA ratification clearly stated that lifting it requires PFF House being vacated by Ashfaq group