Pakistan's men's football team will step onto unfamiliar ground later this year when it competes in the inaugural FIFA ASEAN Cup in Indonesia. It may not carry the prestige of the FIFA World Cup or the Asian Cup, but for Pakistan it represents a milestone. For the first time, the men's national side will participate in a FIFA-sanctioned tournament outside the traditional qualification cycle, a milestone that would have seemed improbable only a few years ago.

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