The Pakistan national football team cancelled its tour of Bangladesh due to unavoidable circumstances yesterday.
Bangladesh FootballFederation revealed the decision at 1:00pm just a hour before the scheduled arrival. Pakistan football team was scheduled to play two practice matches against BFF XI on August 13 and the Bangladesh national team on August 16.
It was learnt that the message that was received by BFF contained the words “political unrest”. Pakistan’s tour collided with the two day long general strike called by Jamaat-e-Islam and also with National Mourning Day of August 15.
The abandonment deprived Bangladesh national team of an opportunity of a good practice match and assistant coach Rene Koster was quick to express his frustration. “It’s terrible. We want more matches for the national team but things are not going well. We did not play against Thailand national team in the Thailand tour and now the match against Pakistan is also cancelled,” he said.
Meanwhile the Saff Championship kick off has been pulled forward one day by the orgasnisers and now it will start from August 31 instead of September 1.
National head coach Lodewijk de Kruif will arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Thursday, June 04, 2026
