Pakistan on verge of another FIFA suspension: PFF chief

• PFF chief conveys development while briefing NA’s standing committee.
• “FIFA wants to make some amendments to PFF Constitution”: Malik.
• Committee lauds PFF’s efforts in promoting football at Olympic level.
  

LAHORE: Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Normalisation Committee, Chairman Haroon Malik has said that due to the deadlock between FIFA and PFF’s newly elected congress, the international football association may conditionally suspend Pakistan.

The chairman conveyed the development while briefing the National Assembly’s standing committee on Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC). He said that this will cause Pakistan to at least lose its international participation and stoppage of FIFA’s financial support to the PFF.

“FIFA wants to make some amendments to the PFF Constitution to bring it in line with international standards. In the recent efforts, the majority of the newly-elected PFF Congress members have not agreed to FIFA’s proposals,” Malik said. 

He also briefed the standing committee on the election process within the PFF from the district level onwards and informed that all elections have been completed and the elected Congress members will oversee the next phase.

Malik also highlighted that, for the first time, the PFF participated in the 2023 Olympic qualifiers and advanced to the second round. The committee appreciated the efforts of the national federation in promoting football at the Olympic level.