PFF normalisation committee appoints first female general secretary; announces provincial bodies
Pakistan Football Federation's normalisation committee has named Manizeh Zainli its first ever female general secretary while also announcing the names of members included in provincial bodies of normalisation committee.
Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Normalisation Committee, in an unprecedented move has appointed Manizeh Zainli its general secretary
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Manizeh Zainli, who has a background in education and management, will take up the role with immediate effect, the Humza Khan-led PFF announced while also naming officials for the provincial bodies as well as the disciplinary and appeals committees.
Zainli becomes the first female to hold a senior executive position in the history of the PFF. The only other female to hold a senior position was Nadia Naqvi, who was the PFF’s finance director.
With Zainli’s appointment, Harris Jamil Alam will leave his post as acting general secretary and will now be the deputy general secretary.
The PFF Normalisation Committee was appointed by global football body FIFA in September last year, ending a long-running feud between two factions for control of country’s football governing body.
The Normalisation Committee has to hold fresh elections of the PFF by June this year and a first step towards the electoral process was announced on Monday with the appointments of the provincial bodies in Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The officials of from Punjab and Islamabad will be named later, the PFF said.
The provincial normalisation committees are to conduct the club scrutiny, laying the platform for the elections at district level.
Abdul Manan, Sardar Mohammad, Adil Kausar, Ali Ahmed and Sohail Ahmed have been appointed as members of the Balochistan NC while Basit Kamal, Azmatullah, Mohammad Saeed, Mohammad Imran and Ijaz Khan were named members of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Meanwhile, Khowaja Obaid Ilyas, Khurram K. Jamali, Qasim Jamal, Mohammad Danish and Najaf Iqbal Hussain will be the members of the Sindh NC.
Omer Soomro has been named chairman of the disciplinary committee with Faisal Grewal and Syed Amin Fakir to be members of the three-man committee.
Aizaz Ahsan will lead the appeals committee with Kashif Mayo and Mamoon Chaudhary being the members.
