FIFA has suspended the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) due to third-party interference and also the Chadian Football Association (FTFA) due to government interference. A group of football officials led by Ashfaq Hussain, which was elected by the Supreme Court in 2018 to run the PFF but was not recognised by FIFA, took over the headquarters recently and seized control from the FIFA Normalisation Committee headed by Haroon Malik, local media reported. Pakistan was also suspended by FIFA for third-party interference in 2017. Pakistan men's forward Kaleemullah Khan and women's team midfielder Abiha Haider had urged Ashfaq to hand control back to the normalisation committee with a ban likely to spell the end of many careers. Last month the country was disqualified from the Africa Cup of Nations by the Confederation of African Football due to the interference.

Source: Sky sports April 07, 2021 08:26 UTC