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KARACHI: The rift has widened; the differences having grown. Sardar Naveed is no longer with the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) led by Ashfaq Hussain Shah.
Naveed, the vice-president of Ashfaq’s PFF which came to power through an election held by the Supreme Court in December 2018, said he was walking away because the ideals had changed.
A few weeks ago, Naveed had raised several objections to plan by the group to sign an agreement with a company, Global Soccer Ventures Limited, which effectively gave it the rights to hold a franchise league in Pakistan.
“I don’t want to be party to that agreement which is basically a sellout of Pakistan football,” Naveed told Dawn on Tuesday. “Despite being the vice-president, I never got to see a copy of the agreement.”
Pakistan football team players pratice during a training session. AFP/File
KARACHI: Ashfaq Hussain Shah says he’s keeping his word. Sardar Naveed Haider Khan says the plan to give rights to a company to hold the Pakistan Football League is a ‘15-year sellout’.
The court-elected Pakistan Football Federation president Ashfaq and his vice-president Naveed, who are not recognised by FIFA and whose takeover of the PFF headquarters in March saw Pakistan suspended by the global football body, seem to be at loggerheads regarding the latest plan for a franchise football league in the country.
“I cannot be part of such a sellout,” Naveed told