LAHORE: Pakistan football players , who participated in the recently concluded SAFF Championship, and Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) vice-president Sardar Naveed Haider Khan met Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr Saqib Nisar and donated the winning prize money to the Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dams fund. A spokesperson for the Supreme Court said that the national football team presented a cheque for Rs1.2 million to the CJP. The CJP thanked the team for their donation. The move holds significance as the PFF has been suffering from financial problems and infighting for a long period now. The country was suspended by the FIFA last year, but reinstated in March this year after the federation assured them of zero political involvement in the PFF. The SAFF Championship was Pakistan’s first major outing in the last three years. The team lost 3-0 to India in the semi-finals but their arrival into the match was considered meteoric since they hadn’t played together for a considerably long time. Published in Daily Times, September 20th 2018.