Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)'s Normalisation Committee (NC) has received No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from country's Foreign Office for their participation in the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup in India.
Sources told Geo News that PFF NC had already applied for Indian visas two days ago. In return, Indian embassy has asked for a confirmation letter from Pakistani embassy which is waiting for an official NOC.
Currently, the Pakistani team is in Mauritius, participating in the ongoing four-nation tournament.
Pakistan have already lost both of their matches against hosts Mauritius and Kenya. They are the winless team in the tournament so far. They will meet Djibouti in their last match of the four-nation tournament on June 17.
Pakistan, if given visas, will then move to India from Mauritius. SAFF Cup is scheduled from June 21 to July 4.
Pakistan lose to Kenya 1-0
Pakistan lost to Kenya by 1-0 in their second match of the ongoing four-nation cup in Mauritius.
After taking an early lead in the first half, Kenya dominated most part of the match. However, Pakistani boys improved their game from the previous contest.
Shumah Moses of Kenya, ranked 103rd in the FIFA rankings, took advantage of a throw-in, scoring the first goal of the match in the last part of the 17th minute.
Hassan Bashir got an opportunity to score and level the game in the 39th minute, but unfortunately, he was unable to make it.
In the second half, Pakistan tried their best to score a piece but didn't convert a single goal.
Faizan Lakhani Faizan Lakhani is Deputy Editor (Sports) at Geo News.