February 6 – With the FIFA world government body struggling to implement constitutional reforms, the election in Pakistani football is possible put detained again.

Football in Pakistan remains in chaos after the Pakistani Football Federation (PFF) rejects the constitutional amendment proposed by FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), thus endangering the presidential election.

Pakistani Dawn’s leading newspaper reported that FIFA insisted that all amendments must be accepted, but the PFF Congress rejected important amendments centered around the presidential candidacy.

At present, members of the Congress or officials of PFF, AFC or FIFA can defend the president, but in a step understood to benefit the Chairperson of the PFF Normalization Committee (PFFNC) currently Haaron Malik, FIFA wants to open elections to anyone who plays an active role in the game. By opening the election, members of the congress, regional and provincial selected, will be disadvantaged.

In a statement, PFFNC said: “As a result, the selection process, sports development, and international participation can be suspended until the elected Congress adopts the proposed amendment.”

After years of crisis in Pakistan, FIFA established a normalization committee in 2019, but the committee failed to restore order in PFF and focused on developing games. Conversely, Malik continues to fight for his own survival at the expense of the game improvement.

In a letter to the congress, he wrote: “FIFA and Asian Football Confederations in the strongest terms have argued that while members of the congress want to be part of the FIFA family, they do not want to harmonize with the enthusiasm and principles of FIFA and AFC, and members of the newly elected congress has created deadlock. During many discussions, both virtual and physical, FIFA was not shaken about the need for constitutional amendments to be in harmony with FIFA principles. “

The Mandate of the Normalization Committee is currently ending on February 15. Previously, FIFA, through Secretary General Mattias Grindrom, had encouraged to pass the proposed amendment, interpreting the idea of ​​democracy in a strange way.

Grindrom wrote: “Bureau [of the FIFA Council] Note that, on November 19, 2024, right before the first extraordinary PFF Congress can be started, representatives of the six department associations that have been excluded from the PFF Congress for failing to meet the legal requirements requested to participate and vote at the congress.

“To ensure the legal process and to avoid risking the rejection of the proposed constitutional change, it is decided not to allow their participation and, on the contrary, that their inclusion requests will be referred to the PFF internal agency to appeal, in accordance with the established with the established procedure.

“As a result, PFF members were informed on the same day that the PFF Congress will regroup … to adopt the new PFF constitution after the appeal has been completed.”

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