PCB Election Commissioner meets board officials
The Election Commissioner will work to hold free and fair election of Chairman PCB.
LAHORE (Dunya News) - Pakistan Cricket Board’s Election Commissioner Justice (R) Afzal Haider has held meetings with PCB officials today at Gaddafi Stadium,Lahore.
The Election Commissioner will work to hold free and fair election of Chairman PCB.
Once the election commissioner receives nominations from the Prime Minister, and after the formation of Board of Governors (BoGs), the chief election commissioner with deputy election commissioner Ahmed Shahzad Farooq Rana will announce the schedule of election of Chairman PCB next week.
The seat fell vacant after Najam Sethi resigned from his post.
Pakistani cricket enjoyed a golden period under Sethi’s management, winning the ICC Champions Trophy and shooting up the global rankings to become the number one team in T20 internationals, cricket’s shortest format.
But former cricket star Khan, whose party won power in a national election last month, fell out with Sethi during the previous ballot in 2013, when Sethi was in charge of an interim provincial government and Khan accused him of rigging the vote in favor of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Sethi was the caretaker chief minister of the vast Punjab province when Sharif won a landslide victory. Khan repeatedly alleged Sethi was behind rigging in 35 constituencies, prompting Sethi to file a defamation case, which is pending in court.
“I was waiting for the new Prime Minister to take oath before submitting my resignation as PCB Chairman, which I have done,” Sethi tweeted along with a copy of his resignation sent to Khan.
Sethi was credited with helping bring about an end to Pakistan’s lengthy isolation from international cricket, which began in 2009 when gunmen attacked a bus carrying the Sri Lanka team from their hotel to Lahore’s Gaddafi stadium, injuring six players and killing six security personnel and two civilians.
The incident forced Pakistan to play their home matches in the United Arab Emirates and the country has since remained starved of international cricket at home, apart from a limited-overs tour by Zimbabwe in 2015.
Sethi also introduced the Pakistan Super League (PSL), based on the franchise model of the Indian Premier League and Australia’s Big Bash League, and made it a huge success. His role in reviving the fortunes of the national team drew praise.
... with inputs from Reuters
