Karachi’s oldest and working class settlement Lyari is famed worldwide for its passion for football in particular. Swindon Town and Karachi FC aim to take to next level.
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Comment: Pele’s relevance in Pakistan went beyond the sport [Dawn]
Almost no one in Pakistan was lucky enough to see Pele in his glorious career, yet his name always had reverence and respect for decades.
Meet Maria Khan, the third-gen hero from the Khans of Nawakille
EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan WNT captain Maria Jamila Khan tells what it means to write a new chapter in her family’s illustrious sporting history & longing to represent Pakistan
Balochistan’s boundless passion for football has nowhere to go but an event is keeping the flame alive [Dawn]
Ufone 4G Football Cup shows football's crazy popularity in Balochistan but locals wonder if there is a real way for talent and the sport to actually progress in long-term
The story of Karachi’s KMC football stadium [TNS]
With the People’s Sports Complex having been left unattended, KMC Stadium is the only venue of the mega city where crowds come to witness football
Lyari’s Football House [Dawn EOS]
Lyari’s Chakiwara neighbourhood may be well-known for being the epicentre of a celebrated Urdu novel. But it is also famous for a building that symbolises its love of football
KMC Football stadium: Downtrodden glory [ARY]
Karachi's historic KMC Football Stadium craving to somehow go back to its glory days.
Hafiz Salman recalls good old days of Pakistan football [The Nation]
Ex-PFF secretary says he knows well how to improve declining standard of the game
Faisal Saleh Hayat: The feudal lord of Pakistani football [The Nation]
Ali Ahsan profiles PFF boss Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat in his journey becoming the PFF boss and the 2015 crisis that has disrupted Pakistani football.
Essa: I want to coach after retirement
FPDC Exclusive: "I enjoy coaching as well as playing. I want to stay attached with football and become a coach after I retire as player." Essa Khan Football Academy working in Chaman for 2 years now.