The Bureau of FIFA Council suspended the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) on the grounds of “third-party interference” on 7 April 2021.[2] This “third-party interference” rule, also known as the “non-interference” rule, prohibits interventions or interferences in the working of member associations that can compromise their independence. A violation of the rule would empower FIFA to impose internal sanctions upon the concerned association. Such as, in the PFF example, the Federation temporarily lost all its membership privileges within FIFA and other related benefits.
This article attempts to understand FIFA’s non-interference rule...
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