FIFA has once again extended the term of Pakistan's normalization committee
FIFA has once again extended the term of Pakistan's normalization committee.
FIFA says encouraging steps have been taken in Pakistan to end the suspension. ۔
According to a FIFA statement issued on Friday night, the term of the normalization committee has been extended to 31 December 2021, ending on 30 September. However, Pakistan's suspension will be maintained for the time being.
FIFA said that the normalization committee has monitored Pakistan's encouraging steps to end the suspension from FIFA, which has been observed at the governmental and judicial levels, but the PFF offices are still under occupation, until these offices are nominated by FIFA. If the normalization is not handed over to the committee, the suspension of PFF will remain.
FIFA says the Bureau of FIFA Council has decided to extend the term of the PFF normalization committee so that administrative and legal steps can be taken to end the suspension of the PFF and also the real mandate of the committee in Pakistan. To be obtained.
It should be noted that FIFA had appointed a normalization committee headed by Hamza Khan in Pakistan at the end of 2019, the objectives of which were to hold elections at all levels in the PFF. ۔
When Hamza Khan resigned at the end of 2020, Haroon Malik was made the new head of the committee in his place.
In March 2019, the Ashfaq Shah Group recaptured PFF offices, saying that the normalization committee headed by Haroon Malik had not complied with its mandate.
The PFF has banned the Pakistan Football Federation since the eviction of the normalization committee from the PFF offices and the occupation of the Ashfaq Group.