Famine in cricket to end, says Najam Sethi
Cricket
Famine in cricket to end, says Najam Sethi
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Journalist Najam Sethi has been appointed as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accorded approval.
The newly-appointed PCB chairman said in his tweet, “The cricket regime headed by Ramiz Raja @iramizraja is no more. The 2014 PCB constitution stands restored.”
He said the Management Committee would work tirelessly to revive first-class cricket. Thousands of cricketers will be employed again. “The famine in cricket will come to an end,” Mr Sethi asserted.
— Najam Sethi (@najamsethi) December 21, 2022
The tweet came after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led government constituted a 14-member committee to take over the working of the PCB for 120 days before conducting elections under the 2014 constitution.
— Najam Sethi (@najamsethi) December 21, 2022
The federal cabinet has given approval for the restoration of the 2014 constitution via circulation. Under the changes, the office of the CEO has been abolished and departmental cricket restored in the country. The government-mandated committee includes Najam Sethi (chairman), Shakil Sheikh, Gul Zada, Aized Syed, Tanvir Ahmed, Gul Muhammad Kakar, Ayaz Butt, Nauman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Shafqat Rana, Haroon Rashid, Sana Mir, Mustafa Ramday and Chaudhry Arif Saeed.
The management committee will streamline the PCB affairs for at least 120 days before conducting the elections in conformity with the 2014 PCB constitution that has already been vetted by the Ministry of Law with some minor amendments.
PCB Constitution 2019
The PCB’s 2019 Constitution, implemented by former chairman Ehsan Mani, does not allow the prime minister to withdraw or remove the incumbent chairman of the board, after which a vote of no-confidence by a three-fourth majority of the governing board is the only way to remove the PCB chief.
After Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan assumed the PM office in 2018, Mr Sethi resigned and Mr Mani took charge after his departure. After completing his three-year term, Mr Mani refused an extension last year after which Ramiz Raja took control of the board.
