Both former Pakistan MNT captains make a surprising return after many years away in 37-member provisional squad list for the Afghanistan ACQs matches in October. Adil Nabi and Etzaz Hussain also listed.
![PFF recalls Kaleemullah, Saddam for AFC Asian Cup qualifiers [Geo News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Saddam-Hussain-and-Kaleemullah-celebrate-Pakistan-U23-win-over-India-U23-in-2014.jpg "PFF recalls Kaleemullah, Saddam for AFC Asian Cup qualifiers [Geo News]")
September27September 28, 2025
Tag: Saddam Hussain
![Saddam, Saqib eager to represent Pakistan again [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Saqib-Hanif-and-Saddam-Hussain-1160x535.jpg "Saddam, Saqib eager to represent Pakistan again [The News]")
December26December 26, 2023
Saddam, Saqib eager to represent Pakistan again [The News]
Saddam Hussain and Saqib Hanif both eager to play for Pakistan again if called-up. Saddam now at Oman 1st Division club Salalah, Saqib now at Maldives Premier League club Victory SC.
![Zavisa underlines factors behind football team’s poor show [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Zavisa-Milosavljevic-960x535.jpg "Zavisa underlines factors behind football team’s poor show [The News]")
November26November 26, 2023
Zavisa underlines factors behind football team’s poor show [The News]
Former Pakistan boss Zaviša Milosavljević of Serbia identified key problems that restricts Pakistani football from competing properly with higher ranked Asian sides like Saudi Arabia and Tajikistan.
![Below-par in all aspects of the game [TNS]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Amadoni-Kamalov-scores-for-Tajikistan-against-Pakistan-2026-FIFA-World-Cup-qualifiers-1160x535.jpeg "Below-par in all aspects of the game [TNS]")
November26November 26, 2023
Below-par in all aspects of the game [TNS]
Despite heavy defeats against Saudi Arabia and Tajikistan in Pakistan's first ever WCQs Round Two campaign, the team has enough time to show much better performance for remaining fixtures in March and June.
![A ‘very different’ Pakistan? National football team aim to end dire record [Al Jazeera]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Pakistan-training-in-Cambodia-before-2026-FIFA-World-Cup-qualifiers-1160x535.jpeg "A ‘very different’ Pakistan? National football team aim to end dire record [Al Jazeera]")
October11October 11, 2023
A ‘very different’ Pakistan? National football team aim to end dire record [Al Jazeera]
With new coach Stephen Constantine, Pakistan aim to break a three-decade World Cup qualifier duck and a wider five-year, 12-match losing streak.
![Saddam signed by Oman’s Salalah club [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Saddam-Hussain-signs-for-Salalah-SC-1160x535.jpg "Saddam signed by Oman’s Salalah club [The News]")
September18September 18, 2023
Saddam signed by Oman’s Salalah club [The News]
Saddam Hussain, who has had club stints in Kyrgyzstan, Bahrain, and Northern Cyprus in the past, was offered a one-year contract by Salalah SC after a month of trials in Oman.
![Pakistan’s Saddam Hussain roped in by Oman-based football club [Geo Super]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Saddam-Hussain-signs-for-Salalah-SC-for-2023-24-Oman-First-Division-season-1080x535.jpg "Pakistan’s Saddam Hussain roped in by Oman-based football club [Geo Super]")
September17September 17, 2023
Pakistan’s Saddam Hussain roped in by Oman-based football club [Geo Super]
Former Pakistan MNT captain Saddam Hussain reveals he has joined Salalah SC for their 2023-24 Oman First Division campaign.
![Saddam excluded as PFF NC announces shortlist for national team [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Saddam-Hussain-SSGC-captain-NFCC-2020-1160x535.jpg "Saddam excluded as PFF NC announces shortlist for national team [Dawn]")
September11September 11, 2022
Saddam excluded as PFF NC announces shortlist for national team [Dawn]
After missing the initial Pakistan MNT camp call-up due to SSGC closing down its football operations, the likes of Saddam Hussain and Saadullah not included in 36-member camp
![NC names 36 players selected for national camp [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Pakistan-NT-camp-trials-Aug-2022-1160x535.jpg "NC names 36 players selected for national camp [The News]")
September11September 11, 2022
NC names 36 players selected for national camp [The News]
90 players from different cities of Pakistan were invited for trials. 36 chosen for the camp based on their fitness and performance.
![Top footballers set to move Supreme Court after SSGC terminates contracts [SAMAA]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/SSGC-PPFL-2021-1160x535.jpg "Top footballers set to move Supreme Court after SSGC terminates contracts [SAMAA]")
August29August 29, 2022
Top footballers set to move Supreme Court after SSGC terminates contracts [SAMAA]
Pakistan’s top footballers are likely to move Supreme Court after their department SSGC terminated their contracts