Pakistan will be up against Cambodia on June 6 and June 11 at the home-and-away basis qualifying round but so far the confusion continues about the possible camp or even the participation in the Fifa World Cup 2022 and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup 2023 preliminary joint qualification round. The draws were taken out on April 17 in Kuala Lumpur for the 12 lowest ranked teams in the continent. Meanwhile, Hayat’s opponents and the newly-elected President Syed Ashfaq hussain Shah-led administration has said to made efforts to collaborate with Hayat on the matter of preparing the team for the World Cup qualifiers. ‘Unfair to the players’Hayat’s black-listed player and Pakistan’s former captain Kaleemullah believes that the players of the national team must raise their voice now. He recalled that the last World Cup Qualifiers in 2015 against Yemen was a golden opportunity for Pakistan, but the PFF have never prioritised the World Cup qualifiers like other countries do.

Source: The Express Tribune April 20, 2019 13:18 UTC