KARACHI: The Disciplinary Committee of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Normalisation Committee has given notice to around 100 people for being part of different unregistered and similar organizations.
Pakistan women’s football team’s current goalkeeper Nisha Ashraf, is also among those 100 individuals who are part of ‘The Parallel Association’ and she was nominated to the PFF by her department.
The individuals have been instructed to respond to the disciplinary notice under Article 70 of the PFF constitution within three days.
The list of those notified includes individuals who participated in the 2018 elections, which were conducted on the orders of the Supreme Court but were not recognized by FIFA or the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
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Furthermore, After the 2021 takeover of the football house, employees’ names in different organizations also faced a notice by the Pakistan Football Federation.
In these 100 members, Sikandar Khattak who was a former member of the FIFA and PFF Normalisation Committee was also included in the list.
Many other members like Syed Ashfaq Hussain Shah, Sardar Naveed, Zahir Shah, Colonel Farasat, football referee Ahmed Jan, Rauf Bari, Naveed Akram, Amir Dogar, Taha Alizai of Karachi United, Zabe Khan, former Pakistan women’s football team manager Raheela Zarmeen is also in the list.
It is important to note that Taha Ali Zai and his football club Karachi United removed from the National Women’s Championship after the take-over by the Ashfaq group to denounce the practice.
The Disciplinary Committee working under the leadership of Azeem Akram will check what to do with these individuals in the future after receiving a response and meeting with official PFF members.