Post 21 (7 April 2013)

                                               Football also needs to boost in Pakistan

Football is found one of the most popular sports in the world. However, one growing phenomena in Pakistan is the craze of football. In Pakistan it is played widely in schools, parks and at home. Football clubs have also gained popularity in the country alongside more popular club sports like cricket, field hockey and others.
In Pakistan football never get a proper chance to develop as smoothly as it should have developed. Pakistan's participation in international competitions has not been regular. Pakistan has performed shockingly on the international stage; with an international ranking of 176 it is virtually a non-entity in the sport. A combination of poor management, uninspired coaching and negligible support has all led to the current terrible position Pakistani football lies in.
There are many international sports channel which shows football matches and being watched by Pakistanis. The rising passion for football in Pakistan indicates that the Pakistanis are willing to have their own premier league at international level with good ranking.

                                                                                                                 

The federation has big goals for the improvement football in Pakistan as well. They want to improve the communications and focus on the younger players and turn them into global football players. There are 720 football clubs in Pakistan and 14 clubs play in the PPL (Pakistan Premier League) .It shows that our Premier League has an ability to improve and polish our players. But unfortunately their budget is about only 50lacs which is found not enough for their improvement and they are providing facilities on their behalf. While the cricket and hockey budgets are in corer.

                                                 
Pakistan might also be able to develop a competent football team which could do wonders in international matches. But for this it is very necessary for the government to take critical steps to improve the state of football in the country and provide required facilities to our players.