PAKISTAN CRICKET
Ashraf tendered his resignation after chairing a managing committee meeting © Getty
Zaka Ashraf, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), has stepped down. He announced his decision to resign after chairing a managing committee meeting in Lahore on Friday.
“At the end of the meeting, Mr Zaka Ashraf announced that he had decided to tender his resignation as chairman and member of the MC to the honourable Patron Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar,” a PCB statement said.
“In his concluding remarks, Mr Zaka Ashraf, thanked the honourable Patron PCB for the confidence and trust reposed by him and extended his best wishes and prayers for the betterment of Pakistan and Pakistan cricket,” the statement added.
Ashraf, who headed the PCB in 2011-13 period, had replaced Najam Sethi at the helm in July after a change in the political coalition ruling the country. In November last year, he was given a three-month extension to keep heading the PCB’s Management Committee.
Many reasons are being attributed to Ashraf’s sudden exit, one of them being his educational qualification. He apparently is not a graduate. It is also said that his tenure was also set to end in February, and foreseeing the inevitable, Ashraf, who took over in July, bowed out.
Before stepping down, he listed out his achievements, including a visit by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) team. The PCB statement highlighted the visit of the Roger Binny-led BCCI side, which crossed the border during the Asia Cup in August.
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