Committee formed to curtail PCB chairman constitutional powers

ISLAMABAD - Federal Sports Ministry has constituted a 15-member committee to review the constitution of the Pakistan Cricket Board and make necessary amendments.

Addressing a press conference after a seminar on cricket, Sports Ministry Najamuddin Khan said that the Federal Minister for Law Farooq Naik would be the head of the committee while he himself would be the co-chairman.

The committee has been given 15 to 20 days to complete its task, he added.

"If the President of Pakistan nominates the new PCB chairman, the committee would still then continue working on the constitution to make it flawless," he said.

Muhammad Ashraf Khan (secretary sports), Aftab Ahmed Shah Jilani (MNA), Syed Muhammad Ali Shah (president Sindh Cricket Association), Tariq Balouch (Regional Head of Bolachistan), Main Munir Ahmed (Regional Head of Multan), Shafqat Mehmood Nagmi (Chief Operating Officer PCB), Shakil Sheikh (President Islamabad Cricket Association), Aamir Nawab (Abbtaabad Cricket Association), Akawanzada Chatan (MNA from FATA), Majid Khan (former test player), Zaheer Abbas (former test player), Shoaib Malik (captain national team) and Misbah-ul-Haq (vice captain national team) will be the member of committee.

Federal Minister further said that there are some flaws in the PCB's constitution and the committee would has been asked to get the suggestions, views and proposals from all stakeholders before finalising the constitution.