F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, has granted three-month extension to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) management committee, led by Zaka Ashraf, the PCB said on Saturday.
The development comes days after PM Kakar told a local news channel that the top PCB official’s future would be determined after the ongoing World Cup in India.
Ashraf’s four-month tenure was scheduled to end today, on November 5.
“Caretaker Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the patron of Pakistan Cricket Board Mr.Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has granted a three-month extension to the PCB Management Committee,” the PCB said in a statement.
“Mr Zaka Ashraf currently heads the 10-member Management Committee.”
Previously, the PCB also denied media reports regarding an extension being given to its management committee.
The board and its top officials recently came under intense criticism due to Pakistan’s poor show at the World Cup, wherein the team lost four back-to-back matches that reduced its chances of getting into semifinals.
However, opener Fakhar Zaman on Saturday cracked a blistering century to save Pakistan from World Cup elimination in a rain-affected, dramatic 21-run victory over New Zealand in Bengaluru.
Pakistan now have eight points from as many games with their last match against England in Kolkata on November 11. They not only need to win that but also hope New Zealand lose to Sri Lanka on November 9 in Bengaluru or the match is hit by rain.
