PR No. 261
Islamabad: March 31, 2022

FIFA Congress during its session in Doha, Qatar held a vote on restoration of membership for Pakistan. An overwhelming 195 countries voted in favor of restoring Pakistan’s membership once all the conditions have been fulfilled, compared to only 4 countries who voted against the proposition. It is a huge win for Federal Minister for Interprovincial Coordination Dr Fehmida Mirza and Normalization Committee being headed by Haroon Malik . Federal Minister for Interprovincial Coordination Dr Fehmida Mirza paid personal attention to the myriad of issues surrounding NC, FIFA house and FIFA Membership of Pakistan. Today’s success at FIFA Congress is a huge positive step for football community of the country and is a testament to the hard work put in by the Minister Dr Fehmida. Minister Dr Fehmida at this moment remarked, “This is a huge step forward in bringing international football back in the country and it is something which I wanted to get done as quickly as possible for the youth of the country”. Pakistan is being represented by NC members and Chairman Haroon Malik, Shaid Khokar and Haris Azmat at the FIFA Congress.

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