FIFA Freezes Membership of Pakistan Football Federation
In the voting process, of 209 member nations, 203 voted in favor of the ban while five votes were rejected besides on vote that was in PFF’s favor
A major development occured in 71st virtual congress meeting of FIFA as the global football body suspended Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) permanently due to third-party interference.
During the meeting, voting process took place where out of 209 member nations, 203 voted in favor of the ban while five votes were rejected whereas on vote that was in PFF’s favor.
Taking to its Twitter handle, PFF confirmed FIFA’s decision.
FIFA Congress confirms suspension of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) with 203 countries voting yes. Ban was first imposed on 7 April after Ashfaq Hussain Shah faction refused to end forced occupation of PFF House
Full FIFA Congress live here https://t.co/gXBbOAPAKB pic.twitter.com/86W528JWVN
— FootballPakistan.com (@FootballPak) May 21, 2021
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Reason behind PFF’s suspension
FIFA had appointed Haroon Malik as the new chairman of Pakistan Football Federation Normalization Committee (NC) in January this year.
In March, PFF headquarters situated in Lahore was taken over by a group of officials headed by ex-PFF President Ashfaq Hussain Shah.
In response to third-party interference, the global football body decided to freeze PFF’s membership as the move was a serious violation of FIFA statutes.
Terming this takeover as illegal, FIFA set an ultimatum that the committee should hand over PFF control by March 31 and otherwise warned to ban had warned the local federation of suspension.
On the other hand, Ashfaq group ignored the deadline and continued working at PFF headquarters which ultimately resulted in suspension of PFF.
So far, the suspension will perdure until Ashfaq-group doesn’t hand over PFF’s matters to NC.
