![PFF goes for winning United bid in 2026 World Cup hosting vote [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/US-Canada-Mexico-2026-world-cup-bid.jpg "PFF goes for winning United bid in 2026 World Cup hosting vote [Dawn]")
Umaid Wasim reports on the 2026 World Cup bid and the apparent politics taking place in the background that made US-Canada-Mexico joint bid win.
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![PFF chief to attend crucial SWAFF meeting [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Salim-Sheikh-Sardar-Naveed-Faisal-Saleh-Hayat-Jan-Marri-Khadim-Ali-Shah-Col-Lodhi.jpg "PFF chief to attend crucial SWAFF meeting [Dawn]")
May31May 31, 2018
PFF chief to attend crucial SWAFF meeting [Dawn]
As the Saudi-led South West Asian Football Federation takes shape, Faisal Saleh Hayat will be attending the new regional organisation's summit in Jeddah.
![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}
May15May 15, 2018
SAFF coy over announcing merger into Saudi-led SWAFF [Dawn]
Saudi-led SWAFF could be challenge to AFC and Sheikh Salman's control of Asian football.
![Confusion remains over Pakistan’s status in SWAFF [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/SWAFF-meeting.jpg "Confusion remains over Pakistan’s status in SWAFF [Dawn]")
May12May 12, 2018
Confusion remains over Pakistan’s status in SWAFF [Dawn]
PFF remains coy on newly formed South West Asian Football Federation despite Sardar Naveed and Dr Fazlur Rehman attending SWAFF meet.
![Three years of football turmoil have levelled the playing field in Pakistan [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PPL-celebrate-goal-in-NFCC-2018-quarterfinal.jpg "Three years of football turmoil have levelled the playing field in Pakistan [Dawn]")
May4May 4, 2018
Three years of football turmoil have levelled the playing field in Pakistan [Dawn]
Umaid Wasim profiles how newer teams emerged at the expense of established sides in NFCC 2018 after end of PFF crisis.
![New Pakistan football coach Nogueira calls for time and patience [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Jose-Antonio-Nogueira-arrives-in-Pakistan.jpg "New Pakistan football coach Nogueira calls for time and patience [Dawn]")
April26April 26, 2018
New Pakistan football coach Nogueira calls for time and patience [Dawn]
Jose Antonio Nogueira briefly spoke with media whilst witnessing NFCC 2018 in Karachi.
![Pakistan football is undergoing a style change and it offers hope for future [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/KPT-Stadium-in-NFCC-2018-SSGC-vs-WAPDA.jpg "Pakistan football is undergoing a style change and it offers hope for future [Dawn]")
April25April 25, 2018
Pakistan football is undergoing a style change and it offers hope for future [Dawn]
Umaid Wasim goes behind the scenes at the National Football Challenge Cup 2018 in Karachi.
![KRL, picked apart by rivals, eye successful Challenge Cup title defence [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SGP-and-KRL-managers-in-NFCC-2018-presser.jpg "KRL, picked apart by rivals, eye successful Challenge Cup title defence [Dawn]")
April21April 21, 2018
KRL, picked apart by rivals, eye successful Challenge Cup title defence [Dawn]
A depleted KRL hopeful of defending National Challenge Cup title they won when it was last held in 2015 before PFF crisis began.
![FIFA ‘monitoring situation’ after SC orders fresh PFF election [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FIFA-HQ-in-Zurich.jpg "FIFA ‘monitoring situation’ after SC orders fresh PFF election [Dawn]")
April19April 19, 2018
FIFA ‘monitoring situation’ after SC orders fresh PFF election [Dawn]
Faisal Saleh Hayat confident new elections under PFF, AFC, FIFA statutes will be 'matter of pleasure' for world football's governing body.
![After lifting suspension, FIFA to send mission to Pakistan [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fifa.jpg "After lifting suspension, FIFA to send mission to Pakistan [Dawn]")
March16March 16, 2018
After lifting suspension, FIFA to send mission to Pakistan [Dawn]
FIFA aims to send delegation to Pakistan after lifting PFF ban.