KARACHI: Kohat-born Khurram Shahzad has been appointed as FIFA referee by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to officiate the AFC U22 Championship 2013 Qualifiers Group ‘D’ being held at Kathmandu, Nepal, from June 16 to 24.

According to a press release issued here by the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), AFC Referees Committee has selected and approved Khurram Shahzad as ‘elite referee’ of the final list of AFC Elite Referees for 2012. Referees who receive a FIFA badge are entitled to officiate at FIFA and AFC fixtures, both at the club and international levels.