Dawn's Umaid Wasim writes on how the Peshawar GOAL Project met a pathetic end due to egos and gross mismanagement as rivalry between Faisal Saleh Hayat and Zahir Ali Shah intensifies.
May21April 15, 2021
Tag: Zahir Ali Shah
May19September 12, 2023
With Kuwait defeat, Pakistan football faces uncertain future
Already without competitive football for the next four years after their 3-1 aggregate loss to Yemen in the first round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in March, the game in the country is left facing an uncertain future.
![Red card for politics! [The News on Sunday]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/President-PFF-along-with-GS-PFF-addressing-Press-Conference.jpg "Red card for politics! [The News on Sunday]")
May17May 17, 2015
Red card for politics! [The News on Sunday]
The PFF chief has enjoyed 12 years unopposed making any demand of accountability or transparency to the Pakistani public a pipe dream.
![Zahir cleared to contest Hayat for PFF presidency [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/PFF-Elections.jpg "Zahir cleared to contest Hayat for PFF presidency [Dawn]")
May7May 7, 2015
Zahir cleared to contest Hayat for PFF presidency [Dawn]
Zahir Ali Shah remains in contention to challenge incumbent Faisal Saleh Hayat for the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) presidency.
![Senior official Farasat sacked as PFF row simmers [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/unnamed.jpg "Senior official Farasat sacked as PFF row simmers [Dawn]")
May6December 7, 2020
Senior official Farasat sacked as PFF row simmers [Dawn]
Another controversy erupted on Tuesday in the lead-up to Pakistan Football Federation’s (PFF) most divisive elections in June when it terminated the services of Director Member Associations and Projects Col Farasat Ali Shah.
![Is it election? [The News on Sunday]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Makhdoom-Syed-Faisal-Saleh-Hayat.jpg "Is it election? [The News on Sunday]")
May3December 23, 2024
Is it election? [The News on Sunday]
There is no check and balance as far as the governance of sports in Pakistan is concerned. Mostly influential individuals rule the federations.
![PFF making mockery of election rules: Mujahid [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pff.jpg "PFF making mockery of election rules: Mujahid [Dawn]")
May1December 27, 2020
PFF making mockery of election rules: Mujahid [Dawn]
Former Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) technical director Col Mujahidullah Tareen has criticised the overall process adopted by the federation in holding its presidential elections on June 30.
![AFC Congress set to be venue for PFF electioneering? [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/afc-congress-2015-1123x535.png "AFC Congress set to be venue for PFF electioneering? [Dawn]")
April29December 7, 2020
AFC Congress set to be venue for PFF electioneering? [Dawn]
Faisal Saleh Hayat takes allies for 2015 AFC Congress before 2015 PFF elections
April27December 7, 2020
Zahir to challenge Hayat for PFF presidency [Dawn]
Having been elected unopposed as Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) president for the last two terms, Faisal Saleh Hayat is set to face his biggest challenge in this year’s election — and that too from a former ally, Syed Zahir Ali Shah.
![PFF’s election rules to ‘allay threats to Hayat’s fiefdom’ [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/FIFA-and-PFF-chiefs-meetup-.jpg "PFF’s election rules to ‘allay threats to Hayat’s fiefdom’ [Dawn]")
April24December 7, 2020
PFF’s election rules to ‘allay threats to Hayat’s fiefdom’ [Dawn]
It seems the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has quelled the threat to Faisal Saleh Hayat’s presidential hot-seat.