Zaka Ashraf, appointed as the chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in July, may be removed from the highly coveted post, media reports have said.
Before being nominated the Chairman of PCB, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appointed Ashraf to the Board of Governors of the board at the behest of the ruling coalition’s main partner, Pakistan People’s Party(PPP).
However, Zaka Ashraf was not elected as chairman due to a court injunction, after which he was appointed as the head of the management committee.
Following the end of the previous government’s term earlier this month, the Election Commission has called for the cancellation of all appointments for political reasons, prompting the Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) to write to the prime minister asking for the appointment of Zaka Ashraf and two others.
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IPC secretary Hanif Orakzai wrote in a letter to the principal secretary to the prime minister that the names of Zaka Ashraf and Federal Land Commission chairman Pir Syed Ahmed Nawaz Shah were under the ministry’s oversight.
We may get a new chairman PCB, don’t be surprise. Following ECP orders to terminate all political based appointments, the IPC ministry has sought orders from PM house on future of Zaka Ashraf.
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) August 22, 2023
Interestingly, while insisting on having Zaka Ashraf as chairman PCB, the previous IPC minister had publicly stated that having Zaka is PPP’s choice. His statements before Zaka Ashraf took charge as chairman PCB-MC had already made it look like a political appointment. https://t.co/uPliiMikyB
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) August 22, 2023
If Zaka Ashraf is also ousted, the new chairman will become the fourth PCB chairman in less than a year.