The ELF said it will announce the participants for the 2026 season in the coming weeks, and discussions about the competition format and scheduling were underway. Under the new structure, teams and shareholders will jointly oversee league operations through a board of governors responsible for league-wide planning and budgeting, competition format and licensing, media rights and commercial strategy, expansion across European markets and standardized transparency, reporting, and independent auditing.
A new assessment by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded that corruption in Pakistan is behind an economic crisis driven by state capture where public policy is manipulated to benefit a narrow circle of political and business elites. The Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment (GCDA), finalised in November 2025, presents a grim picture of a system marked by dysfunctional institutions that are unable to enforce the rule of law or safeguard public resources.