DOHA: In the 72nd Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Congress, 195 countries have voted in Pakistan’s favour to uplift the suspension from the country.
Pakistan received a tremendous 195 votes out of 199 votes during the 72nd FIFA Congress, indicating that a large majority of football-playing nations voted in favour of the country.
In the 210-nation congress, 208 countries were judged qualified to vote, although the total turnout remained at 199, with only four countries voting against Pakistan.
It is pertinent to mention here that the results of the voting will enable the council to lift the suspension once the pertinent requirements have been fulfilled.
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ISLAMABAD: The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) may soon uplift the ban from the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) as FIFA’s approved Normalization Committee (NC) has got the control of PFF House, here on Saturday.
In the latest development, the negotiations between FIFA’s nominated NC and the government has been successful and the Board of Revenue Punjab has returned the control of the PFF house to the NC.
Following this development, FIFA may soon uplift the ban from Pakistan Football, which came into effect in April 2021 over the ‘undue third-party influence’.
On this occasion, the Chairman of the NC Haroon Malik showed gratitude and thanked FIFA for its support towards the football nation and claimed the phase of global isolation of Pakistan Football has ended.
“We are grateful to FIFA for its patience and support in all matters,” Haroon said.
“A bad phase of global isolation of Pakistan football has now ended. We will now make sure Pakistan’s participation in international events,” Chairman NC added.
It is pertinent to mention here that FIFA banned PFF in April 2021; citing the undue third party influence.
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