The Member Associations Elite Referees Course’s closing ceremony was held on Monday at the Football House here.
As many as 25 referees, four Instructor Observers and six Referee Assessors received the certificates. In the closing ceremony, FIFA’s technical instructor, Masoud Enayat said that he was pleased with the performance of the referees.
“I am very pleased with the performances of the referees both in the theory and in practical,” he added.
“You have now gained a lot of experience and knowledge from the top instructors from FIFA. Now it’s the time to share and impart the same experience and knowledge to referees and instructors in your associations,” said PFF Secretary Lt. Col (retd) Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi.
Masoud Enayat thanked the PFF and the organisers for the hospitality they received during their stay in Pakistan. FIFA Physical Instructor from Singapore Ganesh Manium also spoke in the ceremony. He reflected on the current developments in the referees department and said he would do everything in his power to improve the skills of referees. “I would do everything I could to improve the level of referees.”
Masoud Enayat, who acted as Match Commissioner during Pakistan-Qatar’s Beijing Olympics Qualifier at Islamabad four years ago, concluded that the course will provide Pakistani referees with information and methodologies that will assist them to refresh their referee career.
The Participating referees: Yasmeen Zareen, Salma Majeed, Fatima Ayub, Khurram Shehzad, Muhammad Ali Junior, Zahid Ullah, Allauddin, Zahid Ali, Abdul Aziz, Javaid Bangash, Ansar Javaid, Muhammad Arslan Sharif Senior, Muhammad Tahir, Arslan Sharif Junior, Touqeer Aslam, Ali Nawaz, Hidayat Ullah, Dilawar Khan, Shah Zaman, Rana Naseer Ahmed, Rana Jahnzaib, Irshad-ul-Haq, Adnan Anjum, Majid Khan and Muzamil Hussain.
The Instructor Observers: Syed Imtiaz Ali Shah, Muhammad Iqbal Junior, Qamar Yar Khan and Ghulam Muhammad Samad.
The Referee Assessors: Qazi Muhammad Asif, Abdul Shakoor Baloch, M. Saleem Khan, Hidayat Ullah, Mohammad Shafiq, Naseemuddin and Tariq Masood.
