With the World Cup set to come back to Asia just 12 years after Qatar, Sheikh Salman believes the continent could well become the location of choice for the football showpiece.
![INTERVIEW: Asia’s football chief says winter scheduling for 2034 World Cup will be ideal [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AFC-president-Sheikh-Salman-1160x535.jpg "INTERVIEW: Asia’s football chief says winter scheduling for 2034 World Cup will be ideal [Dawn]")
November7November 7, 2025
Tag: Sheikh Salman
![PM, AFC chief discuss roadmap for football [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PM-Shehbaz-Sharif-meets-AFC-president-Sheikh-Salman-1160x535.jpg "PM, AFC chief discuss roadmap for football [The News]")
November7November 7, 2025
PM, AFC chief discuss roadmap for football [The News]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif wants closer cooperation with the AFC for Pakistani football to uplift the sport at the grassroots and elite levels.
![AFC President calls for united efforts to lift Pakistan football [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AFC-president-Sheikh-Salman-meets-PMYP-Rana-Mashhood-with-PFF-president-Mohsen-Gilani-1160x535.jpg "AFC President calls for united efforts to lift Pakistan football [The News]")
November7November 7, 2025
AFC President calls for united efforts to lift Pakistan football [The News]
“Pakistan is a country of over 250 million people with a massive youth population that can become a valuable asset for football’s growth,” Sheikh Salman remarked.
![Interview: AFC president looking towards promising days for football in Pakistan [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AFC-president-Sheikh-Salman-interviewed-by-Umaid-Wasim-of-Dawn-1160x535.jpg "Interview: AFC president looking towards promising days for football in Pakistan [Dawn]")
November6November 6, 2025
Interview: AFC president looking towards promising days for football in Pakistan [Dawn]
Sheikh Salman stresses support from FIFA and AFC, expresses confidence that government will play its part in Pakistani football’s development
![AFC Delegation Calls on Acting President Gilani [PID]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AFC-president-Sheikh-Salman-meets-Acting-President-Yousuf-Raza-Gilani-1160x535.jpg "AFC Delegation Calls on Acting President Gilani [PID]")
November5November 6, 2025
AFC Delegation Calls on Acting President Gilani [PID]
AFC president Sheikh Salman met Acting President Yousuf Raza Gilani and Deputy PM / FM Ishaq Dar in separate meetings to discuss football revival in Pakistan.
![AFC president Sheikh Salman set to visit Pakistan [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AFC-President-Sheikh-Salman-bin-Ebrahim-Al-Khalifa-1100x535.jpg "AFC president Sheikh Salman set to visit Pakistan [Dawn]")
November4November 4, 2025
AFC president Sheikh Salman set to visit Pakistan [Dawn]
Scheduled to hold meetings with civil and military leadership “with focus on infrastructure development in the field of football".
![PFF executive council majority calls crucial meeting [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PFF-ExCo-meeting-22-Aug-2025-1160x535.jpg "PFF executive council majority calls crucial meeting [The News]")
November1November 1, 2025
PFF executive council majority calls crucial meeting [The News]
Majority of PFF ExCo call in meeting in first week of November to decide on critical matters such as FIFA ordering PFF's audit and the upcoming visit of AFC president Sheikh Salman.
June20June 20, 2025
Mohsen Gilani met Global Football Leaders at FIFA Executive Summit 2025 Miami
The PFF president met numerous football officials from FIFA and AFC in Miami. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi invites FIFA president Gianni Infantino to visit Pakistan.
May30May 30, 2025
Global Football Leadership extends support to PFF President Syed Mohsen Gilani
FIFA president Gianni Infantino, AFC president Sheikh Salman, and SAFF president Kazi Salahuddin sent congratulatory messages to new PFF boss Mohsen Gilani.
![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.