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to the wilderness of the game on the streets all over Pakistan to development in schools and academies to competitiveness in stadiums football has the power to instill confidence, pride in the ...

"A lot more light has been shone on Pakistan football in the last month," he says. "There's a lot of British Asian talent in the UK, in the academies. We really want to push Pakistan in a good ...

In Pakistan football is played with more passion in ... and even schools with football clubs and academies. We are privileged to live in a diverse nation, and if we emphasize the factors mentioned ...

Conversely, Pakistan allows dual citizenship and evidently ... he faced the ruthless nature of academy football when he was released before his 16th birthday. “I wasn’t expecting it, ...