Shah Khawar takes over as interim chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board

An advocate of Pakistan’s Supreme Court was appointed on Wednesday as interim chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Shah Khawar, who can also be the election commissioner of the PCB, is predicted to carry elections for the everlasting place subsequent month.

“My primary responsibility will be to hold the election in a free and transparent manner,” Khawar stated in an announcement.

Caretaker chief minister of Punjab province, Mohsin Naqvi, has emerged as favourite to be elected as the brand new chairman for a three-year time period.

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul-Haq-Kakar, who can also be patron of the nationwide cricket board, appointed Naqvi to the board of governors after Zaka Ashraf give up final week as a result of private causes.

The PCB has been with out an elected chairman since Ramiz Raja give up in December of 2022. Najam Sethi was appointed as chairman of the board’s administration committee earlier than he give up and was changed by Ashraf final July.

The authorities gave Ashraf till Feb. 4 to kind a board of governors and manage an election for the chair of the cricket board, however he didn’t obtain tht earlier than resigning.

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The Pakistan males’s staff endured below-par performances throughout Ashraf’s tenure. The staff didn’t get out of the group stage on the Cricket World Cup in India, and didn’t move the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka.

Babar Azam give up because the captain in all codecs after the World Cup, and Ashraf requested staff director Mickey Arthur and coach Grant Bradburn to report back to the National Cricket Academy in Lahore earlier than they each give up as properly.

Under new take a look at captain Shan Masood, Pakistan was routed by Australia 3-0 and Twenty20 captain Shaheen Shah Afridi misplaced the five-match collection in New Zealand 4-1.