Members Association Elite Referee course concluded on Saturday at FIFA Football House. As many as 30 referees participated in the course. They were also awarded certificates. The FIFA referee instructor, Masoud Enayat, said that he was happy with the performance of the referees.
"I am very pleased with the performances of the referees both in theory and practical exams." "Now it is the time to share and impart the same experience and knowledge to referees and instructors in your associations," Mohamed Muhiseen Ariff (Sri Lanka), Regional Development Officer, FIFA and member Organising Committee for AFC President's Cup/AFC Challenge Cup, said.
To strengthen refereeing cell of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) and it's eight wings is in PFF President's Faisal Saleh Hayat's long-term planning and FIFA Members Association Elite Referees Course 2010, the second in succession, will play vital role in this regard. Another such course is planned for same month this year, said PFF Secretary General Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi (Retd).
Masoud, who acted as Match Commissioner during Pakistan-Qatar's Beijing Olympics Qualifier at Islamabad three years ago, concluded that the course would provide thirty Pakistani referees with information and methodologies that would assist them to refresh their referee career.
Moreover, Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)'s President Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, SVP Zahir Shah, VP Syed Khadim Ali Shah, Secretary General Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi (Retd), Director Marketing Sardar Naveed Haider, Director Operation Wng Cmdr Pervaiz Saeed Mir (Retd), MTFA President Mian Rizwan Ali, NNTFA President Abdul Rasheed Khan congratulated Pakistan WAPDA for getting gold medal in Pakistan Premier League and National Games Football Tournament.