FIFA suspends Pakistan Football Federation with immediate effect due to third-party interference

The Bureau of the FIFA Council suspended the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) with immediate effect due to third-party interference, which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA statutes.

FIFA has suspended the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) due to third-party interference and also the Chadian Football Association (FTFA) due to government interference, the global governing body of the sport said on Wednesday. A group of football officials led by Ashfaq Hussain, who were elected by the Supreme Court in 2018 to run the PFF but were not recognised by FIFA, took over the headquarters recently and seized control from the FIFA Normalisation Committee headed by Haroon Malik. FIFA in it's statement on Wednesday's said that its decision to suspend the PFF was prompted by the "hostile takeover" which constituted a serious violation of its statutes. Notably, Pakistan was suspended for a similar violation in 2017.