In a manner not too dissimilar to a natural disaster, it is the children who have suffered the most from the ongoing power struggle at the upper echelons of football administration in the country.
![PFF elections: Youngsters suffer as power struggle continues [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/M-Zeeshan-Pak-vs-India-SAFF-U16-final-1st-goal.jpg "PFF elections: Youngsters suffer as power struggle continues [Express Tribune]")
July26September 28, 2023
Category: National Youth Teams
![Satisfied Shamlan says goodbye to Pakistan [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/shamlan.jpg "Satisfied Shamlan says goodbye to Pakistan [The News]")
July24September 12, 2023
Satisfied Shamlan says goodbye to Pakistan [The News]
Mohammad Shamlan on Thursday announced that he had quit as Pakistan football team coach after the expiry of his contract and signed a one-year deal with Bahrain’s Riffa Sports Club.
![Hayat blames govt for abrupt SAFF U-16 withdrawal [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Makhdoom-Syed-Faisal-Saleh-Hayat.jpg "Hayat blames govt for abrupt SAFF U-16 withdrawal [Dawn]")
July16June 13, 2021
Hayat blames govt for abrupt SAFF U-16 withdrawal [Dawn]
With his future as Pakistan’s football chief hanging in the balance, Faisal Saleh Hayat blamed the government for the country’s non-participation in next month’s SAFF U-16 Championship.
![SAFF U16 Championship: Essa bullish about Pakistan’s chances [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Pakistan-U16-celebrate-SAFF-U16-Cup-final-win-AFP-Photo.jpg "SAFF U16 Championship: Essa bullish about Pakistan’s chances [Express Tribune]")
July14December 7, 2020
SAFF U16 Championship: Essa bullish about Pakistan’s chances [Express Tribune]
Former national captain Essa Khan believes that Pakistan can win the 2015 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U16 Championship commencing from August 7 in Bangladesh.
![Faisalabad-Sahiwal Zone crowned U16 champions [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1512859_424418134396981_1045271498063995040_n.jpg "Faisalabad-Sahiwal Zone crowned U16 champions [The News]")
July7December 7, 2020
Faisalabad-Sahiwal Zone crowned U16 champions [The News]
Faisalabad-Sahiwal Zone were crowned champions when they defeated Sindh 2-0 in the final of National Under-16 Football Championship 2015 at Multan on Monday.
June30June 30, 2015
Inaugural U-19 SAFF Championship to be hosted by Nepal in August, Pakistan to take part
Pakistan to play in the very first SAFF U-19 Championship in August.
![Pakistan needs strong league, says Saddam [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Saddam-Hussain.jpg "Pakistan needs strong league, says Saddam [The News]")
May30September 8, 2023
Pakistan needs strong league, says Saddam [The News]
Pakistan’s midfielder Saddam Hussain also feels that. “It’s absolutely necessary to raise the league standard,” Saddam told ‘The News’ in an interview here on Friday.
![Failure yet again [The News on Sunday]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Untitled-4.jpg "Failure yet again [The News on Sunday]")
May24May 24, 2015
Failure yet again [The News on Sunday]
Following a disappointing failure in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers a couple of months back, Pakistan football team also failed to impress in the 2016 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championship qualifiers.
![AFC qualifiers aftermath: PFF backing Shamlan despite poor show [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/shamlaan.jpg "AFC qualifiers aftermath: PFF backing Shamlan despite poor show [Express Tribune]")
May20September 12, 2023
AFC qualifiers aftermath: PFF backing Shamlan despite poor show [Express Tribune]
Despite a dismal show at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) 2016 U23 Championship qualifiers, Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) secretary Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi hopes to extend coach Mohammed Shamlan’s contract, which ends in July.
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.