ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf on Wednesday became the country’s first elected head of the sport, winning a four-year term under a new constitution approved earlier this year.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) directed all its members to run their boards democratically and without government interference, threatening sanctions for any board that did not meet its requirements by June 2013.
Ashraf, 60, has been PCB chairman since October 2011, when he was appointed by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari under the old system.
But the PCB’s governing board elected him back into the job under the new regulations, having presented the International Cricket Council (ICC) with a new constitution last month. “Zaka Ashraf has taken over as the first elected chairman of the PCB who will serve his tenure of four years from today as prescribed in the PCB constitution,” the board said in a statement.
Alan Isaac, the ICC president, last month commended the PCB’s effort to reform.
**Despite Ashraf’s election, the PCB is reportedly facing opposition from various associations and former PCB chiefs on the voting process.
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From pakpassion:
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Lahore May 8, 2013: Today, the first meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) under the new Constitution of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was held at Islamabad. The following were in attendance:
Ch. Muhammad Zaka Ashraf, Chairman PCB
Mr. Naveed Akram Cheema, Member BOG
Mr. Shakil Ahmad Sheikh, Member BOG
Mr. Muhammad Rafiq Bughio, Member BOG
Mr. Wisal Muhammad Durrani, Member BOG
Mr. Qaisar Khan Jamali, Member BOG
Mr. Aly Mustansir, Member BOG
Mr. Masood Anwar Hamid, Member BOG
Mr. Muhammad Haroon Rasheed, Member BOG
Mr. Muhammad Iqbal Qasim, Member BOG
Mr. Subhan Ahmad, Chief Operating Officer, PCB
Mr. Badar Manzoor Khan, Chief Financial Officer, PCB
On legal and constitutional matters the BOG was assisted by Mr. Imtiaz Siddique, former Judge High Court, and Mr. Taffazul Haider Rizvi, Legal Advisor PCB.
Inter alia the BOG, as per PCB Constitution, elected two of its members namely Mr. Naveed Akram Cheema and Mr. Muhammad Rafiq Bughio to represent the BOG in the Nomination Committee. Earlier the Patron had appointed Mr. Justice (R) Maulvi Anwar ul Haq, Consultant (Legal Affairs) President’s Sect. and Ch. Qamar Zaman, Secretary (Education and Training) as Patrons nominees on the Nomination Committee.
The Nomination Committee held its meeting today at Islamabad and interviewed the two candidates recommended by the Patron, Ch. Muhammad Zaka Ashraf and Mr. Aftab Ahmad Khan, FCA, former Chairman Lahore Stock Exchange and after deliberation unanimously recommended the name of Ch. Muhammad Zaka Ashraf for the post of Chairman PCB.
Thereafter, the Board of Governors (BOG) reassembled and provided leave to chairman to excuse himself. The BOG considered and unanimously endorsed the recommended nominee of the Patron and the Nomination Committee, Ch. Muhammad Zaka Ashraf to be the Chairman of the PCB with effect from today.
Ch. Muhammad Zaka Ashraf has taken over as the first elected Chairman of the PCB who will serve his tenure of four years from today as prescribed in the PCB Constitution.
Issued as per order of the BOG PCB
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Re: Zaka Ashraf becomes PCB's first elected chief!
The new govt should remove him and also the president should stop being the head of the board. PCB should be made an independent organisation and new elections shlould be held.
Re: Zaka Ashraf becomes PCB’s first elected chief!
This is interesting: The PCB has admitted that the endorsement of Zaka Ashraf for next four years as chairman was processed through a “representation process” and not purely a democratic process, but said it complied with the ICC’s recommendations. According to the amended constitution, the chairman is still a nominated candidate, though one who is “endorsed” by ten elected members in the Board of Governors.