LAHORE: Ashfaq Shah, the PFF president elected by an election held by the Supreme Court in December 2018, gestures during a news conference on Wednesday.
LAHORE: For more than a month, the group of officials led by Ashfaq Hussain Shah have been labelled as the villains of Pakistan football; the bad guys who have led to FIFA banning the country after seizing the headquarters of the Pakistan Football Federation from the Normalisation Committee installed by the global football body.
On Wednesday, 49 days after retaking charge of the PFF headquarters from the NC, they hit back. And, with evidence supporting why they felt it was necessary.
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In this file photo, Ashfaq Hussain Shah (second L) gestures during a news conference in Karachi. UW/File
KARACHI: The group led by Ashfaq Hussain Shah is willing to negotiate with the Pakistan Football Federation Normalisation Committee in order to overturn the suspension the global football governing body FIFA has imposed on Pakistan.
Ashfaq’s group of officials, who came to power after a PFF election held by the Supreme Court in December 2018, seized control of the PFF headquarters from the Normalisation Committee last month, claiming that the FIFA-appointed committee had failed to deliver its mandate of holding fresh elections of the country’s football governing body.
KARACHI: Pakistan Football Federation’s inevitable suspension by FIFA was confirmed on Wednesday.
Yet, Ashfaq Hussain Shah whose move to take over the PFF headquarters led to the ban is still seeking dialogue with the world’s football governing body to resolve the issue.
“We are open to a dialogue with FIFA,” Ashfaq, who was elected president in a PFF election held by the Supreme Court in December 2018 which wasn’t recognised by FIFA, told Dawn. “We want them to listen to our grievances with the Normalisation Committee it appointed in Pakistan and find a way to resolve this matter.”
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