Pakistan's FIFA Ban & National Women's Championship 2021 | Faizan Lakhani | Pressing Matters #63

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Faizan Lakhani is a sports journalist for Geo News who covers cricket and football. Faizan talks about the recent National Women's Championship (NWC) 2021 and the amazing stories that came out of it. He also explains how the recent football activity had a major impact not only on football development but also on Pakistani society as a whole. Lastly, he discusses the recent Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) takeover and subsequent FIFA ban, and what might happen in the future. Faizan's article: https://www.geo.tv/latest/341544-hazara-girls-football-academy-showered-with-rose-petals-after-an-iconic-win Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - The power of sports 1:50 - What was great about the recent National Women's Championship (NWC) 2021 4:30 - How did the players and coaches feel? 6:20 - The incredible moments that came out of the NWC 2021 (including the beautiful story of Hazara Girls Academy) 10:00 - How much harm has been caused by the cancellation of NWC & football activity 11:30 - The passionate response against the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) takeover & NWC cancellation 13:15 - Faizan's assessment of PFF Normalisation Committee's tenure 16:30 - Pakistan's FIFA ban & what's next for Pakistani football Edited by: Umer Fasie Bashir Follow us on: FACEBOOK  https://www.facebook.com/onthemicoffi...   INSTAGRAM  https://www.instagram.com/onthemic_of...    TWITTER  https://twitter.com/on_themic Connect with us:   INSTAGRAM   Umer Fasie Bashir (Editor): https://www.instagram.com/umerfasieb/ TWITTER Ismail Farooq (Host): https://twitter.com/thehalfspaces #PakistanFootball #PFF #FIFA