FIFA source said such a visit is “common protocol.”
![FIFA-AFC delegation due in Pakistan next week to sort out PFF funding [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fifa.jpg "FIFA-AFC delegation due in Pakistan next week to sort out PFF funding [Dawn]")
November29November 29, 2019
Tag: Umaid Wasim
![Figo and Kaka interviews with Pak press [Dawn/Geo]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Anelka-Kaka-Figo-Puyol-in-Karachi-for-World-Soccer-Stars.-960x535.jpg "Figo and Kaka interviews with Pak press [Dawn/Geo]")
November10November 10, 2019
Figo and Kaka interviews with Pak press [Dawn/Geo]
Legends urge more grassroots development in Pakistan for football to grow.
![Figo, Kaka, Puyol and Anelka play exhibition match in front of sparse crowd [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Anelka-Kaka-Figo-Puyol-in-Karachi-for-World-Soccer-Stars-with-Saddam-Hussain.jpg "Figo, Kaka, Puyol and Anelka play exhibition match in front of sparse crowd [Dawn]")
November10November 10, 2019
Figo, Kaka, Puyol and Anelka play exhibition match in front of sparse crowd [Dawn]
Low attendance, and high ticket prices forced World Soccer Stars organizers to make Lahore match free for all.
![Hayat-nominated Najib replaced in PFF Normalisation Committee [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/PFF-House-1000x535.jpg "Hayat-nominated Najib replaced in PFF Normalisation Committee [Dawn]")
November2August 21, 2020
Hayat-nominated Najib replaced in PFF Normalisation Committee [Dawn]
Asma Bilal takes Najib's place, subject to FIFA integrity checks.
![FIFA Council ratifies decision to appoint Normalisation Committee for PFF [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/fifa-council-meeting-oct-2019.jpg "FIFA Council ratifies decision to appoint Normalisation Committee for PFF [Dawn]")
October25October 25, 2019
FIFA Council ratifies decision to appoint Normalisation Committee for PFF [Dawn]
Despite letters and protests from Hayat faction, FIFA Council endorses normalisation committee for PFF.
![FIFA official under fire again as efforts to derail NC continue [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/protest-against-NC-1115x535.jpg "FIFA official under fire again as efforts to derail NC continue [Dawn]")
October19August 21, 2020
FIFA official under fire again as efforts to derail NC continue [Dawn]
Global football body ‘standing firmly’ behind Humza Khan despite small protests by Hayat faction.
![FIFA backs Normalisation Committee after Hayat criticism [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PFF-Football-House.jpg "FIFA backs Normalisation Committee after Hayat criticism [Dawn]")
October1August 21, 2020
FIFA backs Normalisation Committee after Hayat criticism [Dawn]
Despite objections from Hayat faction, FIFA firmly backing normalisation committee.
![FIFA committed to putting Pakistan football ‘back on track’ [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/FIFA-World-Cup-trophy.jpg "FIFA committed to putting Pakistan football ‘back on track’ [Dawn]")
September24August 21, 2020
FIFA committed to putting Pakistan football ‘back on track’ [Dawn]
FIFA snubbing Faisal Saleh Hayat's 'strong protests' and plan on backing normalisation committee.
![Normalisation Committee removes Lodhi as PFF secretary [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Lt-Col-Ahmed-Yar-Lodhi.jpg "Normalisation Committee removes Lodhi as PFF secretary [Dawn]")
September19September 19, 2019
Normalisation Committee removes Lodhi as PFF secretary [Dawn]
“The removal wasn’t based on performance. It was taken to ensure neutrality in the PFF secretariat. We decided in the meeting that it wouldn’t be fair to have anyone in the PFF administration who was associated with either of the two factions.”
![Normalisation Committee was the need of the hour: FIFA official [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Alexandre-Gros-with-Humza-Khan-on-forming-PFF-Normalisation-Committee.jpg "Normalisation Committee was the need of the hour: FIFA official [Dawn]")
September18April 25, 2026
Normalisation Committee was the need of the hour: FIFA official [Dawn]
“We wanted to act for quite some time but the trigger point for FIFA to decide it was high time to appoint the Normalisation Committee was when we saw that the Pakistan national team facing difficulty in participating in the first round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier,” Gros said.