Ashfaq Hussain Shah elected Pakistan s new football boss

ISLAMABAD – Peshawar Football Association president Ashfaq Hussain Shah has replaced Faisal Saleh Hayat as the new President of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF).

Shah, who is a mechanical engineer by profession, received 17 votes out of a total of 20 during Wednesday’s elections, which FIFA has already refused to accept, at the building of Supreme Court of Pakistan.

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Twenty out of 26 congress members exercised their right to vote in the election with 17 voting in favour of Shah – a candidate supported by an alliance of Sardar Naved Haider and Zahir Shah. The alliance was formed with an aim to oust Faisal Saleh Hayat from the PFF.

Sardar Naveed Haider (18 votes), Amir Dogar (20) and Zahir Ali Shah (18) were elected as Vice-Presidents.

Sindh and Balochistan Football Federations also did not take part in the election process.

Farzana Rauf, Javeria Zafar and Tasawwur Aziz won the elections for the three women’s seats in the PFF.

Returning officer Aamir Saleem Rana announced that Rauf and Zafar received 16 votes each, while Aziz received 14 votes in her favour.

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