Lahore – FIFA-appointed, 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 FIFA may conditionally suspend Pakistan.
The NC chairman shared this while giving a briefing to the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC). He said that this development will cause Pakistan to at least lose its international participation and stoppage of the FIFA’s financial support to the PFF.
He said: “The 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.”
He also briefed the Standing Committee on the election process within the Pakistan Football Federation from the district level onwards. He informed the Committee that all elections have been completed and the elected Congress members will oversee the next phase.
He also highlighted that, for the first time, the Pakistan Football Federation participated in the 2023 Olympic qualifiers and advanced to the second round. The Committee appreciated the efforts of the PFF in promoting football at the Olympic level.