![‘Sports bodies must learn to be self-reliant’ [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Shahid-Khokhar-and-Haroon-Malik-addressing-presser-in-PFF-House.jpeg "‘Sports bodies must learn to be self-reliant’ [The News]")
PFF NC member Shahid Khokhar says sports federations in Pakistan only relying on funding from international bodies and govt support is obsolete and unsustainable. Also urged govt to focus on sporting infrastructure instead of authoritarian control on sporting matters.
Tag: reform
![FIFA-AFC delegation seeks suggestions from stakeholders [The News]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PFF-NC-with-FIFA-AFC-delegation-during-Pakistan-Football-Summit-1080x535.jpg "FIFA-AFC delegation seeks suggestions from stakeholders [The News]")
January19January 19, 2023
FIFA-AFC delegation seeks suggestions from stakeholders [The News]
Delegation members understand that some clauses and statutes of current PFF Constitution lacking clarity only complicates the conduct of PFF elections
![FOOTBALL: GETTING THE BALL ROLLING [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Pakistan-in-Cambodia-2019-WCQs-1160x535.jpg "FOOTBALL: GETTING THE BALL ROLLING [Dawn]")
July10July 10, 2022
FOOTBALL: GETTING THE BALL ROLLING [Dawn]
FIFA finally lifting ban on Pakistan means there is a need for rebuilding the administrative structure and a focus towards the players on the pitch
![POLICY: NOT JUST CRICKET [Dawn]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PSB-logo.jpg "POLICY: NOT JUST CRICKET [Dawn]"){kind=logo}
November4November 4, 2018
POLICY: NOT JUST CRICKET [Dawn]
Our senior editor M Shahnawaz writes for Dawn about urgency for government reforms in Pakistan Sports Board.
![Hayat gets AFC to dance to his tune [Express Tribune]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Faisal-Saleh-Hayat-PFF-President.jpg "Hayat gets AFC to dance to his tune [Express Tribune]")
May25May 25, 2017
Hayat gets AFC to dance to his tune [Express Tribune]
Hayat, who has held the PFF office since 2003, was last given a two-year tenure by FIFA in 2015 to update PFF constitution and hold elections by 2017.
![Pakistan Football Federation, courts, and sports autonomy [Nation blogs]](https://footballpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PFF-Football-House.jpg "Pakistan Football Federation, courts, and sports autonomy [Nation blogs]")
January25January 25, 2016
Pakistan Football Federation, courts, and sports autonomy [Nation blogs]
by Ali Ahsan Pakistani football’s ongoing crisis is now entering its second year. 2015 saw controversial elections causing the Pakistan...
November13November 13, 2012
Time to scrap the premier league? [Dawn]
Our chief editor on why Pakistan must follow the idea adopted by Australia following the recommendations of the Crawford Report in 2003 as well as IPL showing success of franchise leagues in sport
October18October 24, 2012
Lutfi seeks PPFL revamp to improve football
KRL coach Tariq Lutfi is insistent that the league needs to improve — and that too by a long way.
September12September 12, 2012
Open Letter to the PFF President
FPDC stumble upon an anonymous letter to Faisal Saleh Hayat from August 2012.