{"id":18102,"date":"2026-04-13T18:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/04\/13\/boosting-pakistan-football-fifa-support\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:03:42","slug":"boosting-pakistan-football-fifa-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/04\/13\/boosting-pakistan-football-fifa-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Boosting Pakistan football with FIFA support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the Home of FIFA in Zurich on Monday, <strong>FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafstorm<\/strong> met with Pakistan Football Federation President <strong>Syed Mohsen Gilani<\/strong> to review recent progress and forward-looking plans for Pakistan football.<\/p>\n<p>The FIFA Secretary General congratulated the PFF president on the national women\u2019s team\u2019s victory in the FIFA Series and recognised the momentum the federation has built in recent months. <strong>Gilani<\/strong> thanked both the FIFA President and the Secretary General for their continued support and encouragement for the federation\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions focused on football governance and prioritised infrastructure projects as key areas for immediate attention. During the meeting <strong>Gilani<\/strong> presented a detailed report on PFF activities and initiatives from the last few months, outlining steps already taken and projects under consideration to strengthen operations at national and grassroots levels.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing full confidence in the PFF leadership, <strong>Mattias Grafstorm<\/strong> reaffirmed FIFA\u2019s support and said he was looking forward to a brighter future for Pakistan football as governance improvements and upgraded facilities move ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA Secretary General affirms support for Pakistan football after meeting PFF President Gilani in Zurich, advancing governance and infrastructure plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":18101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}