Challenges plague Pakistan women's football | The Express Tribune
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KARACHI: Supporting the Pakistan national women's team becomes difficult without harboring resentment towards the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Normalization Committee (NC), which seems determined to mock the sport and the players. Originally scheduled to play a friendly match on July 15 as part of a hastily arranged tour, the women's team now departed for Singapore on July 16, with the match taking place on July 18. Last month, the NC initiated a training camp for the women's team and announced the list of potential squad members on June 17, hoping to secure a friendly fixture. Initially, there were reports of a match against Kyrgyzstan, then the Maldives, but at the last moment, the host country changed to Singapore. Following their participation in the first-ever Asian Olympic Qualifying round in April, where they finished third in Group E after defeating Tajikistan 1-0 at Hisor Stadium, the players regrouped. However, their journey was marred by