The process to elect the new Pakistan Cricket Board chairman might be delayed with two members of the former management committee approaching the Lahore High Court. (More Cricket News)
The Lahore High Court will on Monday head two petiti𒐪ons filed by former PCB management committee members Shakil Sheikh and Gul Zada against the election process to bring in Zaka Ashraf as the chairman 🦩and the legality of the Board of Governors which will elect the new chief.
🥀The petitioners have requested the honourable judge to stay the elections of the chairman and suspend the BOG until it gives a verdict on their𓂃 petitions.
“It is a tricky situation because the election commissioner and acting Chairman of the board has set June 27 a🔯s the date for holding election for new Chairman after the changes made to the Board of Governors,” one source in the board said.
Ironically, wh💟en Ashraf had become PCB chairman way back in 2012, he had faced similar legal challenges from his predecessor, Najam Sethi, and was even orܫdered to vacate his position once by the Supreme Court.
The PCB patron-in-chief, who happens to be the country's Prime Minister, no♓m♉inates two candidates to the BOG and one of them is elected as chairman.
This time after incꦉumbent Sethi had withdrawn from the election race, the premier nominated Zaka Ashraf and Mustafa Ramday as his candidates on the PCB’s BOG.
The uncertainty in Pakistan cricket comes at a time wh♌en the ICC and BCCI are set to announce the schedule for the ODI World Cup on Tuesday.
“It will be a bad situation for Pakistan cricket if the Lahore High Court issues any stay order on the petitions today. Because at a time when the PCB is faced with many challenges from the ICC and BCCI, it is important to have a proper elected chairman,” a senior off🐼icial of the board said.
