Despite FIFA ban, PFL organisers remain confident that a successful first edition will eventually lead to recognition by FIFA and AFC.
![A franchise football league in Pakistan might finally take off [Dawn]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Global-Soccer-Ventures-GSV.jpg "A franchise football league in Pakistan might finally take off [Dawn]")
August4August 4, 2021
Category: National Competitions
August3August 3, 2021
PFF signs deal to launch ‘Pakistan’s first franchise-based domestic league’ [Dawn]
Global Soccer Ventures announce launching 'Pakistan Football League' soon.
![PPFL to begin in Multan from August 14 [The News]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/PPFL-2021-by-Ashfaq-Shah-Group-1160x535.jpg "PPFL to begin in Multan from August 14 [The News]")
August1August 1, 2021
PPFL to begin in Multan from August 14 [The News]
NBP, Masha United, Afghan FC Chaman all withdraw from Ashfaq Shah group's Pakistan Premier League.
![Citing differences, Sardar Naveed ‘walks away’ from Ashfaq’s PFF [Dawn]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Amir-Dogar-with-Shahid-Shinwari-Ashfaq-Shah-Sardar-Naveed-etc-1160x535.jpeg "Citing differences, Sardar Naveed ‘walks away’ from Ashfaq’s PFF [Dawn]")
July21July 21, 2021
Citing differences, Sardar Naveed ‘walks away’ from Ashfaq’s PFF [Dawn]
“I don’t want to be party to that agreement which is basically a sellout of Pakistan football,” Sardar Naveed on quitting Ashfaq Shah's PFF over franchise league deal
![Naveed resigns as PFF vice-president over differences [The News]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sardar-Naveed-Haider-Khan-interviewed-by-Dawn-News-1160x535.jpg "Naveed resigns as PFF vice-president over differences [The News]")
July21July 21, 2021
Naveed resigns as PFF vice-president over differences [The News]
Sardar Naveed quits Ashfaq Shah group over 'illegal' franchise league deal that did not get approved by the PFF Congress
![WAPDA to field new-look team in PPFL [The News]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Tanveer-Ahmed-WAPDA-1160x535.jpg "WAPDA to field new-look team in PPFL [The News]")
July18July 18, 2021
WAPDA to field new-look team in PPFL [The News]
Ashfaq Shah group aims to begin Pakistan Premier League next month, most likely in Multan as departments gear up for it.
![Opposition rises from within to Ashfaq-led PFF’s plan of holding franchise league [Dawn]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Football-display-1160x535.jpeg "Opposition rises from within to Ashfaq-led PFF’s plan of holding franchise league [Dawn]")
July11July 11, 2021
Opposition rises from within to Ashfaq-led PFF’s plan of holding franchise league [Dawn]
Despite no FIFA recognition & internal disagreements, Ashfaq Shah group push for a franchise league with Global Soccer Ventures, a private entity incorporated soon after hostile PFF House takeover
![Parochial approach hurting national footballers [TNS]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/KRL-vs-SSGC-PPFL-2018-finale.jpg "Parochial approach hurting national footballers [TNS]")
June27June 27, 2021
Parochial approach hurting national footballers [TNS]
Alam Zeb Safi urges that the Pakistan Premier League should go ahead as announced regardless of who currently controls PFF in ongoing crises
![‘It is a tournament to identify talent early’ [The News]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ashfaq-Shah-group-press-conf-19-May-2021.-1160x535.jpg "‘It is a tournament to identify talent early’ [The News]")
June24June 24, 2021
‘It is a tournament to identify talent early’ [The News]
Ashfaq Shah faction announces their own National U23 Championship featuring 12 teams in Abbottabad from 4 July onwards
![Ignoring top teams of B division shows bias: Nasir [The News]](https://www.footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Masha-United-with-Shahid-Afridi-1160x535.jpg "Ignoring top teams of B division shows bias: Nasir [The News]")
June7June 7, 2021
Ignoring top teams of B division shows bias: Nasir [The News]
Nasir Ismail criticizes Ashfaq Shah group's PFF of ignoring three of last year's PFF League promoted teams for their planned PPL this year