Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat (Urdu: مخدوم سيد فیصل صالح حیات; born 21 July 1952) is a Pakistani politician from Jhang, Punjab and sports administrator.
In the 1990 election, his brother Asad Hayat was also elected member of National Assembly from NA-86 Jhang.
Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat served as a member of Central Executive Committee of PPP in 1979. In 2002, he was elected MNA on a PPP ticket, later forming PPP-Patriots and then joining PML-Q. He served as Federal Minister in numerous Ministries which includes Commerce (1988–90), Environment, Housing and Works, Interior (2002–04), and Kashmir Affairs.
In 2013, his nomination papers were rejected on the charges of stealing irrigation water.[7][2][3]
In 2005, Makhdoom group by him was the largest group for the Nazim and councilor seats with 130 seats. Zahoor Ahmed Sajid contributed with seven seats and faced very little opposition. [8]
Football administration
Hayat is a former President of the Pakistan Football Federation. He has been described as a "feudal lord of Pakistani football."[9] During his controversial tenure, Pakistan's FIFA ranking has dropped from 168 in 2003 to 201 in 2017.[10] In June 2017, 18 of the 26 members of the PFF voted in favor of Faisal Saleh Hayat's dismissal for incompetence and fund embezzlement.[11] In July 2017, the FIFA threatened to suspend the PFF's membership if it kept refusing to hand football affairs to its president-elect Faisal Saleh Hayat.[12][13]
Personal life
In May 2017, Faisal Saleh Hayat was injured in a road accident near Faisalabad when his car was hit by a truck.[14][15]
References
^Abou Zahab, Mariam (2020). Pakistan: A Kaleidoscope of Islam. Oxford University Press. p. 77.