Why no football in Pakistan?

[Ankit007]

Pakistan recently withdrew from playing AFC Solidarity Cup 2016. Why is it happening? As far as I know Pakistan is having football craze then why so?

 

[Muhammad10]

KARACHI: Pakistan football players are in for another bout of despair as the country is set to miss yet another opportunity to compete internationally with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Solidarity Cup just over a month away.

The tournament, starting from November 2 in Malaysia, is featuring the Asian teams that crashed out of the FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifiers and the AFC Asian Cup’s preliminary qualification rounds.

Pakistan withdrew their participation in another episode of football’s inactivity both in the domestic and international arenas due to infighting among Pakistan Football Federation’s (PFF) two rival factions and the subsequent involvement of the Lahore High Court (LHC).

Nepal will be the top team in the event with a world ranking of 186, with Mongolia down on the 202nd spot.

Withdrawal from the event will further push Pakistan down from their 194th rank.

“It’s embarrassing, disheartening and unfair to the players,” midfielder Saadullah, who recently returned to Pakistan after a tour of Europe for preliminary trials at Hungarian club Somos Sport Egyesu KFT, told The Express Tribune.

“A year and a half has already been wasted because of the federation’s power struggle. It’s us, the players, who are being tortured. We are in our prime now, but they care neither for us nor for the future of the game.”
Meanwhile, the FIFA-backed faction of Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat explained that they did not have the resources or the time to prepare the team as there are less than two months left for the event to start.

On the other hand, the LHC-backed PFF administration said they have requested the AFC to reconsider Pakistan’s participation as their faction will try to prepare a team for the Solidarity Cup in time.

“We can only request them to authorise us to send the team, but since they recognise Hayat, we really can’t do much,” said PFF official Rauf Bari.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/1185122/another-blow-no-pakistan-afc-solidarity-cup/

A shambolic state of affairs.

 

[Haroon786]

It's essentially the same PCB - Pakistan Cricket situation but 100 times worse because playing football and the level of investment in it isn't anywhere near the same as it is for Cricket.

 

[PakLFC]

No investment, no stadiums. Improving sporting infrastructure and performance level is the last thing on Nawaz Sharif's mind. Greater chance of him winning a nihari eating competition than Pak doing well in a Football tournament.

 

[Sarfarazian92]

Pakistan recently withdrew from playing AFC Solidarity Cup 2016. Why is it happening? As far as I know Pakistan is having football craze then why so?

Football craze is definitely on the rise but the national team won't progress until you invest in the structure.

 

[Ankit007]

Football craze is definitely on the rise but the national team won't progress until you invest in the structure.

Dont the people have any say in this. I think public can raise their voice. Its democracy

 

[MenInG]

Corruption and lack of good facilities!

 

[Haroon786]

Dont the people have any say in this. I think public can raise their voice. Its democracy

When Cricket is underinvested in, then how can you expect football to be given even a bit of investment in Pakistan ?

 

[Ankit007]

[MENTION=134473]Haroon786[/MENTION] When will elections happen there? Perhaps new govt will work better