House for a long time. “Nobody was allowed to go out or enter. Even the meals for Pakistan’s under-14 players could not be brought to the house,” a source said.
The sources said that Pakistan under-14 football team and 24 women coaches who were staying at the PFF House remained worried because of the situation.
However, sources in Niazi’s group told this correspondent that they only requested the members of the election commission to let them know whether the nomination papers had been accepted or not.
They admitted that they had a large number of people with them but they were all footballers. “We had footballers with us. It was our right to inquire about the result of Niazi’s nomination papers. But when we were told that the result would be known by 6pm our footballers held a sit-in in front of the PFF House,” a source said.
This correspondent learnt that the PFF lodged an FIR in Gulberg police station against Niazi and his supporters, accusing them of harassing the members of the PFF’s election commission.
A source in the PFF said that the PFA elections would be held as per schedule. The source said the PFF would handle the matter and FIFA would not be informed at this stage.
The PFF’s Marketing Consultant Naveed Haider is also contesting the election for the post of PFA president.
A source said that Captain Safdar, son-in-law of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is set to contest the election for the PFF’s presidency in July.For that purpose, his group has prepared a solid plan. If Safdar steps in, it will create problems for Faisal as he will not be able to get the required votes to get elected for a fourth successive four-year tenure.
A source said that Faisal spent Saturday in Karachi and met several important people. A source said that an effort was being made to get a stay order against the election of the Sindh Football Association.
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