There are a thousand different reasons why the beautiful game paints a bleak picture in a sports-mad country. But primarily it’s power struggles, poor management and allegations of corruption within the national set-up which have caused the greatest harm.
Tag: political crisis
PFF presidency hopefuls on the edge as election regulations near finalization [Nukta]
With the PFF presidential elections now left after nearly 10 years of crises, candidates await PFF NC's regulations on who would be eligible.
Vested interests destroying Pakistan football: Faisal [The Nation]
Former PFF president, current AFC vice-president Faisal Saleh Hayat says 'self-serving agenda of some people have destroyed football in the country'
‘Bring back FIFA’, genuine football stakeholders urge PM [The Nation]
The entire Pakistani football community made 21 December 2021 the 'Football Solidarity Day' to urge Prime Minister Imran Khan for ending FIFA ban on Pakistan by immediately returning PFF House back to FIFA-recognized Normalisation Committee.
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.
The unending saga of Pakistan football [TNS]
Alam Zeb Safi says only two options exist to resolve Pak football crisis: either FIFA recomposes NC to run PFF affairs, or local stakehoders unite to bypass FIFA for internal reforms
The football imbroglio [TNS]
In the past, PFF elections used to be held without any noise as there was not much money involved. Officials don’t realise how their actions are destroying our football, players and their families.
As PFF NC stops Women’s Championship, Ashfaq group presses ahead with it [Dawn]
by Umaid Wasim KARACHI: There was an eerie silence at both the KMC and KPT Stadiums. Even if there were...
Kaleem urges PM Khan to save country’s football [The News]
“Football is going down and down. Only Prime Minister Imran Khan can save it. He should take interest in the matter,” Kaleem told 'The News' in an interview from his hometown Chaman.
A tough task [TNS]
Alexandre Gros, who will monitor the working of the FIFA-appointed normalisation committee, should know that things in Pakistan football are not easy. Problems will come and the path is filled with thorns.