The course of to elect the brand new Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman is likely to be delayed with two members of the previous administration committee approaching the Lahore High Court.
The Lahore High Court will on Monday head two petitions filed by former PCB administration committee members Shakil Sheikh and Gul Zada in opposition to the election course of to herald Zaka Ashraf because the chairman and the legality of the Board of Governors (BOG) which is able to elect the brand new chief.
The petitioners have requested the honourable decide to remain the elections of the chairman and droop the BOG till it offers a verdict on their petitions.
“It is a tricky situation because the election commissioner and acting Chairman of the board has set June 27 as the date for holding election for new Chairman after the changes made to the Board of Governors,” one supply within the board stated.
Ironically, when Ashraf had develop into PCB chairman means again in 2012, he had confronted comparable authorized challenges from his predecessor, Najam Sethi, and was even ordered to vacate his place as soon as by the Supreme Court.
The PCB patron-in-chief, who occurs to be the nation’s Prime Minister, nominates two candidates and one in all them is elected as chairman.
This time after incumbent Sethi had withdrawn from the election race, the premier nominated Zaka Ashraf and Mustafa Ramday as his candidates on the PCB’s BOG.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 when 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 official of the board stated.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com