After FIFA ban, Pakistan women’s football captain Hajra Khan urges for help to PM Imran Khan

Hajra Khan, captain of the Pakistan women’s football team, has called on Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Arif Alvi to support the players in a time of crisis after FIFA suspended the sport’s national federation due to third-party interference.

FIFA on Wednesday said its decision to suspend the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) was prompted by “hostile takeover” which constituted a serious violation of its statutes.

In a post on Instagram, Hajra said it was



embarrassing for a country that is led by Imran, the former Pakistan World Cup-winning cricket captain, to be banned by “the global body of the world’s most followed sport”.

“There is still hope and we do expect a response from you two,” she said in a video addressed to Alvi and Imran on social media.”We do expect the country to back us when we need them the most right now. It is a request, it might not be humble anymore, but it is a request. (And) it is a need. It all relies on you.”