When is Pakistan's Football Coming Back? | Pressing Matters #79

<p>Umaid Wasim is Pakistan's top football journalist who works for Dawn News. In this episode, he provides crucial information on why Pakistan's FIFA ban has not been uplifted so far. He explains how the political situation is internally in Pakistan, with the Pakistan Football Federation Normalisation Committee (PFF NC) and other stakeholders, and externally, with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and FIFA. Lastly, Umaid tells us his thoughts on what will happen in Pakistani football in the coming months.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Umaid's story on the FIFA ban and PFF NC: https://www.dawn.com/news/1690588/fif...</p> <p><br></p> <p>Timestamps:</p> <p>0:00 - Pakistani football - last year's events and current developments</p> <p>3:10 - Why did the government suddenly intervene and help the PFF NC?</p> <p>5:50 - Ashfaq Shah group &amp; the internal political situation</p> <p>11:00 - The situation with FIFA and lack of transparency</p> <p>13:50 - What is the PFF NC doing?</p> <p>17:00 - External political situation (AFC &amp; FIFA)</p> <p>22:00 - PFF NC's confusing strategy</p> <p>24:20 - Pakistan football's mess since 2015</p> <p>25:20 - What will happen in the coming months?</p> <p><br></p> <p>Follow us on:&nbsp;</p> <p>FACEBOOK &nbsp;https://www.facebook.com/onthemicoffi... &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>INSTAGRAM &nbsp;https://www.instagram.com/onthemic_of... &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>TWITTER &nbsp;https://twitter.com/on_themic &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Connect with us: &nbsp;</p> <p>INSTAGRAM &nbsp;</p> <p>Umer Fasie Bashir (Editor): https://www.instagram.com/umerfasieb/ &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>TWITTER&nbsp;</p> <p>Ismail Farooq (Host): https://twitter.com/thehalfspaces</p> <p><br></p> <p>#PFF #PakistanFootball #FIFABan</p>