The fate of Pakistani football hangs in the balance as a scandal-ridden FIFA meets on 21 September to decide what happens next in the ongoing PFF crisis
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Pakistan to face India in SAFF Cup opener [Dawn]
Pakistan will face India in their opening game of the SAFF Suzuki Cup later this year but the fate of the national team remains hanging in the balance due to the crisis in the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF).
Pakistan’s Hayat keeps AFC legal posts despite breaking the law at home [IWF]
With little fanfare and hardly any publicity, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) recently proudly announced the makeup of its new standing committees for the next four years. One of those re-elected as chairman of its legal committee - was Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, the controversial Pakistani who has been at the centre of a bitter domestic dispute.
Professionals should be appointed in PFF, says Mujahid [Dawn]
Former national team captain Col Mujahidullah Tareen has asked the incumbent Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) administrator Justice Asad Munir to appoint technically-qualified people in the country’s football governing body to put the game on the right track in the country.
Zahir group expects FIFA to order re-election [The News]
Zahir Shah-led faction of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) expects that the world football governing body will order re-election.
FIFA to discuss Pakistan issues in September [The News]
FIFA said on Thursday that Pakistan’s football matters would be discussed in a meeting in September.
Will FIFA become Pakistan football’s saviour? [TNS]
The News on Sunday's Alam Zeb Safi hopes that the FIFA delegation can help resolve the ongoing crisis with PFF for the sake of Pakistani football
FIFA probe goes in Faisal’s way [The Nation]
The FIFA fact finding mission has endorsed Makdhoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat-led PFF rejecting the claims made by the rival faction, sources revealed on Monday.
None the wiser: FIFA’s unaccomplished mission [Express Tribune]
The FIFA mission that arrived in Pakistan hoping to resolve the issues plaguing the country’s football has departed without being able to achieve its basic goal of meeting with both parties in a round-table discussion.
Can FIFA resolve Pak football crisis? [The News]
After holding a series of meetings with Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) and its rival group led by Syed Zahir Shah, the ball now is in FIFA’s court.