![SAFF coy over announcing merger into Saudi-led SWAFF [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/SAFF-logo.jpg "SAFF coy over announcing merger into Saudi-led SWAFF [Dawn]"){kind=logo}
Saudi-led SWAFF could be challenge to AFC and Sheikh Salman's control of Asian football.
Tag: Sheikh Salman
![AFC chief promises increase in grants [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/AFC-President-Sheikh-Salman-meets-Faisal-Saleh-Hayat.jpeg "AFC chief promises increase in grants [The News]")
March22March 22, 2018
AFC chief promises increase in grants [The News]
Sheikh Salman promises SAFF members for more AFC funding, meets Faisal Saleh Hayat.
![AFC chief condoles Shahlyla’s death [The Nation]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sheikh-salman.jpg "AFC chief condoles Shahlyla’s death [The Nation]")
October16October 16, 2016
AFC chief condoles Shahlyla’s death [The Nation]
Sheikh Salman al-Khalifa, AFC secretary Dato Windsor, and Bahrain FA's Shaikha Hussa send condolences to Shahlyla's mother Senator Rubina Irfan and PFF.
![Faisal Saleh Hayat: The feudal lord of Pakistani football [The Nation]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/PFF-Faisal.jpg "Faisal Saleh Hayat: The feudal lord of Pakistani football [The Nation]")
September9February 3, 2017
Faisal Saleh Hayat: The feudal lord of Pakistani football [The Nation]
Ali Ahsan profiles PFF boss Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat in his journey becoming the PFF boss and the 2015 crisis that has disrupted Pakistani football.
![Will the new FIFA President end the crisis in Pakistan football? [Nation]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Gianni-Infantino-FIFA-President.jpg "Will the new FIFA President end the crisis in Pakistan football? [Nation]")
March9March 9, 2016
Will the new FIFA President end the crisis in Pakistan football? [Nation]
by Ali Ahsan FIFA finally has a new President! On 26 February 2016, the world football fraternity met for an...
![FIFA hopeful Sheikh Salman gifted Shamlan to PFF before AFC election [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Sheikh-Salman-Bin-Ebrahim-Al-Khalifa-FIFA-Presidential-candidate-AFC-and-Bahrain.jpg "FIFA hopeful Sheikh Salman gifted Shamlan to PFF before AFC election [Dawn]")
February26December 3, 2020
FIFA hopeful Sheikh Salman gifted Shamlan to PFF before AFC election [Dawn]
Umaid Wasim (Dawn) and Nick Harris (Mail on Sunday) report on questionable timing of Sheikh Salman giving Pakistan a free coach before AFC Elections in 2013
![FIFA looking at ‘possible mission’ to solve PFF crisis [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Flag_of_FIFA.svg_-e1437730438429.png "FIFA looking at ‘possible mission’ to solve PFF crisis [Dawn]")
July24November 17, 2024
FIFA looking at ‘possible mission’ to solve PFF crisis [Dawn]
FIFA has seemingly decided on taking definitive action towards solving Pakistan’s football crisis.
![PFF claims AFC ex-co endorsed its election [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pff.jpg "PFF claims AFC ex-co endorsed its election [The News]")
July13August 18, 2020
PFF claims AFC ex-co endorsed its election [The News]
Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) on Sunday claimed that the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Executive Committee in Manama on Saturday had endorsed its elections.
![Recently Elected AFC ExCo 2015-19 set for first meeting [AFC]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/AFC-ExCo-2015-19-members.jpg "Recently Elected AFC ExCo 2015-19 set for first meeting [AFC]")
July7May 8, 2017
Recently Elected AFC ExCo 2015-19 set for first meeting [AFC]
Under-fire Faisal Saleh Hayat retains AFC Executive Committee despite disputed PFF elections back home
![AFC’s stance unclear on PFF imbroglio [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/869507-PFF-1428954617.jpg "AFC’s stance unclear on PFF imbroglio [Dawn]")
July7December 7, 2020
AFC’s stance unclear on PFF imbroglio [Dawn]
Four days after issuing what seemed to be a congratulatory message to Faisal Saleh Hayat for being re-elected as the president of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) retracted to a previous statement.