The AFC (Asian Football Confederation) Referees Committee selected and approved Pakistan referees among the top officials of the confederation.
Khurram Shahzad was approved as elite referees, Waheed Murad and Muhammad Shafat Habib as elite assistant referee and Rana Naseer Ahmed as elite fourth official of the final list of AFC Elite Referees, Assistant Referees and Fourth Officials for 2012. It has for the first time that AFC has selected a full panel of referees from Pakistan.
An official of the PFF, said: “Being the Elite Panel is an enormous responsibility, requiring peak condition at all times to meet the highest standards for officiating at the international level, the elite referee should be well prepared both mentally and physically to meet the requirement of AFC and FIFA.”
