Former cricketer Ramiz Raja has been eliminated as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) by the nation’s authorities, which has appointed a 14-member committee, headed by Najam Sethi, to run the affairs of the sport for the following 4 months. The Pakistan authorities, by way of a notification late on Wednesday, eliminated Raja following the staff’s 3-0 whitewash by England within the Take a look at collection. The notification, issued by Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, must be permitted by the federal cupboard, which is only a formality.
The developments on Wednesday confirmed hypothesis that Sharif, who’s the patron-in-chief of the PCB, had determined to nominate Sethi as the brand new chairman of the nation’s cricket physique.
Raja served as PCB chairman for 15 months after he was appointed by former premier Imran Khan to move the board in September 2021.
Raja had taken over because the thirty sixth chairman of the PCB after his predecessor Ehsan Mani had stepped down from the put up. He was the fourth former cricketer to be appointed to the put up after Ijaz Butt (2008-11), Javed Burki (1994-95) and Abdul Hafeez Kardar (1972-77).
Sethi was the chairman and CEO of the PCB between 2013-2018 and resigned quickly after Imran and his occasion received the 2018 normal elections.
There was, nonetheless, no official phrase from the PCB or Raja on the newest developments days earlier than the Take a look at collection in opposition to New Zealand, starting in Karachi on December 26.
The notification states that the PM has “reviewed” the 2014 structure of the PCB and abolished the prevailing structure made in 2019.
As per the notification, Sethi will head the administration committee that features former Pakistan gamers Shahid Afridi, Haroon Rasheed, Shafqat Rana, and former girls’s staff captain Sana Mir.
The remainder of the committee contains of former members of the governing board, which was dissolved in 2019.
The notification additionally states that Sharif’s order had been duly vetted by the Legislation and Justice Division and now must be permitted by the federal cupboard, which can be finished on Thursday.
The notification was issued a number of hours after the PCB introduced the Take a look at squad for the collection in opposition to New Zealand, which is touring Pakistan after 19 years.
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