{"id":117644,"date":"2026-07-08T14:15:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=117644"},"modified":"2026-07-08T19:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:05:57","slug":"bilal-qureshi-football-remarks-highlight-challenges-facing-young-pakistani-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/showbiz\/bilal-qureshi-football-remarks-highlight-challenges-facing-young-pakistani-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilal Qureshi Football Remarks Highlight Challenges Facing Young Pakistani Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pakistani actor Bilal Qureshi has shared his concerns about the challenges facing aspiring footballers in the country, saying talented youngsters often struggle to find opportunities outside cricket.<\/p>\n

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Taking to Instagram Stories, the actor revealed that one of his sons dreams of becoming a football player. Reflecting on the situation, Bilal questioned how he should explain to his child that, in his opinion, Pakistan offers limited opportunities for athletes outside cricket. He also expressed disappointment over what he described as the influence of politics on both sports and the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n

According to Bilal, these ongoing issues have prevented deserving talent from receiving the recognition and support needed to succeed. His remarks quickly attracted attention on social media, where many users joined the discussion about the state of sports development in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

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The actor also shared a video featuring his two sons, revealing that both are devoted fans of Portuguese football icon Cristiano Ronaldo. Later, he posted another clip celebrating Argentina\u2019s victory, highlighting his family’s passion for international football.<\/p>\n

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Bilal Qureshi\u2019s comments have once again sparked debate about the need for better infrastructure, transparent systems, and equal opportunities for athletes across different sports. While Pakistan is widely recognized for producing cricket talent, many believe the country also has significant potential in football and other sporting disciplines if young players are given the right platform to grow.<\/p>\n

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Pakistani actor Bilal Qureshi has shared his concerns about the challenges facing aspiring footballers in the country, saying talented youngsters often struggle to find opportunities outside cricket. Taking to Instagram Stories, the actor revealed that one of his sons dreams of becoming a football player. Reflecting on the situation, Bilal questioned how he should explain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":117648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[980,43651,43652,14516,37676,16799,43653,11125],"class_list":["post-117644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showbiz","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-bilal-qureshi","tag-bilal-qureshi-football","tag-daily-ausaf","tag-entertainment-news","tag-pakistan-football","tag-pakistan-sports","tag-pakistani-actor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117649,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117644\/revisions\/117649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}