RAWALPINDI: The federal government has written a letter to the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) in a bid to conduct audit of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
The decision was taken due to alleged financial irregularities during the tenure of PCB Management Committee, led by Najam Sethi.
The AGP has also been asked to carry out an audit of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.
According to sources, the federal government received complaints about unnecessary expenditures by the PCB Management Committee.
In December last year, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appointed a 14-member committee to reinforce the 2014 constitution and bringing back departmental cricket.
Initially, 120 days were given to the committee to restore the 2014 constitution. However, a two-month extension was given to Sethi and company which ended on June 20.
Earlier, the PCB postponed the elections for its new chairman after a stay order was issued by the Balochistan High Court's two-member bench on Monday.
Chief Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Amir Nawaz issued an order to stop the elections till July 17.
In view of the forthcoming Eid-ul-Adha holidays and the two weeks of summer vacation for the court, the court will resume listening to the arguments on July 17.
The elections for the cricket board's chairman were supposed to be held on Tuesday (June 27) at the PCB headquarters in Lahore.
All of the involved participants including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination, the PCB Chairman nominee Zaka Ashraf and others were issued notices.
The petition was filed by the former member of the PCB management committee Gul Mohammad Kakar in a bid to challenge the elections for the chairman of PCB.
The petitioners urged the court to stop the elections of the chairman and suspend the Board of Governors (BoG) until it gives a verdict on their petitions.
It was also contended in the petition that the BoG was established against the nominations of the ex-management committee and the meeting between the BoG and the election of Chairman PCB would be illegal as well.
Arfa Feroz Zake