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Pakistan surprised by FIFA ban on PFF, says decision taken in haste By PSB DG Col Zaman says they were not expecting such a hasty decision from FIFA. Zaman says he was expecting FIFA to carry out a detailed and thorough review of the prevailing situation. PDB DG says FFIAs decision would serve no good to the future of the game. ISLAMABAD: The suspension of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) by FIFA has surprised the government as newly-appointed director general of the Pakistan Sports Boar...

Pakistan govt ‘shocked’ over FIFA’s decision to suspend PFF Abdul Mohi Shah Pakistan govt ‘shocked’ over FIFA’s decision to suspend PFF / Photo: File  The director general of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Col (r) Asif Zaman has said that the decision of FIFA to suspend Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) took the government by surprise. Zaman said that Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Dr Fehmida Mirza had requested for patience during her press conference held a coup...

Uzbekistan has been awarded next years Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-20 Womens Asian Cup. The AFC Executive Committee confirmed the country would host the event, set to be held from April 4 to 17, during its latest meeting. Asian footballs ruling body also selected Indonesia to stage the 2022 AFC Under-17 Womens Asian Cup, with the tournament scheduled for May 9 to 22. The AFC said the staging of its Champions League 2020 in Doha had "provided a comprehensive blueprint to replicate i...

FIFA suspends Pakistan Football Federation with immediate effect By FIFA suspends Pakistan after takeover by Syed Asfhaq Shah group The group has wrested control of the Pakistan Football Federation from the Normalisation Committee appointed by FIFA The Ashfaq group had ignored warnings by FIFA to hand over PFFs control to the Normalisation Committee The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on Wednesday suspended the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) after a group led by Sy...

PFF suspended for second time in three years Sports April 8, 2021 KARACHI: FIFA on Wednesday suspended Pakistan due to third party interference, a decision that puts the nation into international isolation for the second time in three years. The country had remained suspended for six months from October 2017 to March 2018 because of the same issue. “The Bureau of the FIFA Council suspended the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) with immediate effect due to third-party interference, which co...

KARACHI: Pakistan Football Federation’s inevitable suspension by FIFA was confirmed on Wednesday. Yet, Ashfaq Hussain Shah — whose move to take over the PFF headquarters led to the ban — is still seeking dialogue with the world’s football governing body to resolve the issue. “We are open to a dialogue with FIFA,” Ashfaq, who was elected president in a PFF election held by the Supreme Court in December 2018 which wasn’t recognised by FIFA, told Dawn. “We want them to listen t...

PFF’s suspension takes govt by surprise Sports April 8, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The suspension of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Wednesday took the government by surprise as newly-appointed director general of the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Col (r) Asif Zaman said that the FIFA Council took the decision in a haste. The Bureau of the FIFA Council suspended the PFF on what it called ‘due to third-party interference, which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA Statutes.’ The PSB dir...

FIFA, football’s world governing body, has suspended the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) due to third-party interference. A group of football officials, led by Ashfaq Hussain Shah, who was elected as PFF president in the 2018 elections sanctioned by the Supreme Court but not recognised by FIFA, took over the headquarters last month and seized control from the PFF Normalisation Committee (NC) appointed by FIFA and headed by Haroon Malik. FIFA said its decision to suspend the PFF was prompte...

FIFA suspends PFF due to third party interference Faizan Lakhani FIFA suspends PFF due to third party interference / Photo: File Karachi: The world governing body on Wednesday suspended Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) after a group led by Syed Ashfaq Hussain Shah forcibly took control of PFF from FIFA-appointed Normalisation Committee (NC) under chairmanship of Haroon Malik. A statement by the governing body confirmed that Bureau of the FIFA Council suspended the PFF with immediate effect d...

FIFA suspends Pakistan over hostile takeover of PFF hq, removal of Normalisation Committee Sports International football association FIFA logo. File image  International football association FIFA has suspended Pakistan with immediate effect, after a hostile takeover of the Pakistan Football Federationss Lahore headquarters was followed up by the removal of the normalisation committee a few days ago.  A group led by Syed Ashfaq Shah had taken over the PFFs control from the Normalisation Commit...