The main purpose of the FIFA House is to educate coaches, referees, women's football, beach soccer, and administrative and medical matters.

[3][4] Amidst a crisis within the Pakistan Football Federation starting from 2015, the FIFA House was controversially occupied by a rival faction.

[5][6][7][8][9] After regaining control in 2018, the Asian Football Confederation issued a grant for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the house which had been badly damaged.

[13][14] On 27 March 2021, the office was again attacked and people inside held hostage by its former president, Syed Ashfaq Hussain Shah, and his group.

[15][16][17] A year later, the normalisation committee regained control of the house which resulted in the ban on the Pakistan Football Federation lifted.