Morocco seeks Pakistan’s support to host FIFA World Cup 2026

PFF President Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, Moroccan Ambassador to Pakistan Mohamed Karmoune, and Ambassador of Morocco’s 2026 bid Hicham El-Guerouj addressing a news conference in Lahore on Saturday. (AN photo)

• FIFA member associations will vote on June 13 to decide the host of the World Cup 2026, and Morocco is one of the candidates
• “The PFF is ready to play a positive role in the world football community,” PFF President Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat told a joint news conference

LAHORE: Morocco’s football authority has asked the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) to support its bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2026.
A high-level Moroccan delegation visited the PFF’s headquarters in Lahore on Saturday to make a formal request.
FIFA member associations will vote on June 13, a day before the opening game of this year’s tournament, to decide the host of the World Cup 2026.
“Morocco is our brotherly country and we welcome its delegation,” PFF President Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat told a joint news conference.
“Pakistan is grateful to our guests, and the PFF is ready to play a positive role in the world football community.”
Mohamed Karmoune, Moroccan ambassador to Pakistan, said: “We are thankful for the warm welcome by the PFF.”
He added: “Pakistan is a respected member of FIFA, and it is important for us to enlist the support of all brotherly countries. We are hopeful to win the bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.”
The ambassador of Morocco’s 2026 bid, Hicham El-Guerouj, said his country hosting the tournament “will be a wonderful experience for the rest of the world.”