Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has appointed Khurram Shahzad as FIFA referee to officiate the AFC U-22 Championship 2013 Qualifiers-Group D being held at Kathmandu, Nepal from 16th June to 24th June. A spokesman of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) said here on Wednesday that the AFC Referees Committee has selected Khurram Shahzad as Elite Referee of the final list of AFC Elite Referees for 2012.
"Referees in receipt of a FIFA badge are entitled to officiate at FIFA and AFC fixtures, both at club and international levels. I hope that Shahzad will keep his fitness level and refereeing for the rest of the year," said President PFF, Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat.
Talking about the development of refereeing, he said that quality of the game also plays a major role in the development of refereeing. No referee in the world can claim to be the best in the world. One can only become a good referee when one makes the least number of mistakes, he added. According to him, football is a global sport and its rules must be interpreted and applied with absolute consistency wherever the game is played. FIFA is pursuing a policy of ongoing training for its referees to ensure that refereeing standards continue to improve and the Laws of the Game are applied the same way everywhere.
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