Referees playing for clubs not acceptable – PFF

The Federation claims that officials playing for teams is against rules and strict punishments will be given out to such individuals.

According to the FIFA rules, a referee cannot play for a club, but this is something which is common in Pakistan.

 Former FIFA referee Abdul Aziz is registered with the Karachi Kickers, while national referee Habibullah has been seen playing for District Football Association (DFA) East, Abdul Latif is registered with Baloch Mohammadan, while Abdul Ghafoor plays for
All Brothers.

There are several other referees who are grossly violating the rules by playing for the registered clubs. It is pathetic that the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has not checked this trend as it is an old practice and should have been stopped much earlier.
How will such people ensure neutrality as referees?” a source said. 

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Posted by Shahrukh Sohail on Aug 2 2012. Filed under Pakistan, Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry