ISLAMABAD: The federal government Saturday approved an extension of three months in the tenure of Zaka Ashraf as the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) Management Committee.
The federal cabinet has approved the extension of the tenure of PCB's Management Committee for three months under Rule 16(j) of the Rules of Business, 1973 and Article 48 of the PCB Constitution, 2014, a notification issued by the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) stated.
The Management Committee is only authorised to perform the primary task of finalising the board of governance (BoG) and conduct the election of the PCB chairman at the earliest.
Moreover, the notification said the Management Committee will only perform the day-to-day affairs of PCB and “shall not make any policy decisions or high-level appointments”.
“The Management Committee shall not be granted extension beyond three months,” it added.
It is pertinent to know that Ashraf replaced Najam Sethi as PCB's chief in July earlier this year.
The development comes as the current PCB top head is facing allegations of flagrant misdoings and unconstitutional decisions from a member of his own Management Committee as his tenure nears an end.
Zulfiqar Malik, a member of the Management Committee, raised these allegations in an email addressed to Ashraf and the Management Committee, ESPNcricinfo reported.
Ayaz Akbar Yousafzai Ayaz Akbar Yousafzai is a senior reporter for Geo News.