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Once again FIFA suspended the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) after the PFF parliament refused to implement a constitutional amendment recommended by the global football body.
“The PFF has been suspended with immediate effect due to its failure to adopt a revision of the PFF Constitution that would ensure truly fair and democratic elections and thereby fulfill its obligations as mandated by FIFA as part of the ongoing normaliSation process of PFF,” FIFA officials stated.
“The suspension will only be lifted subject to the PFF Congress approving the version of the PFF Constitution presented by FIFA and the AFC.”
During the meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Inter-provincial Coordination earlier in the day, Haroon Malik — the chairman of the PFF Normalisation Committee appointed by FIFA — had stated THAT Pakistan was risking suspension.
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Suspension adds pressure on the PFF congress to accept FIFA requirements. In a meeting last month, Congress refused the amendments which mostly centre on the candidacy for the president. FIFA had given the PFF NC till Feb 15 to conduct the elections, however the rejection of the amendments by the congress put the process on hold.
Malik wrote to the Congress members and put efforts to set up meetings to resolve the problem. The PFF has been in crisis and controversy since 2015 and this is the third time since 2017 that Pakistan has been suspended.
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