Mohsin Naqvi appointed PCB chairman unopposed

Punjab’s Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi was elected unopposed as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman for the next three years, sources told News on Tuesday.

In this regard, PCB’s Chief Election Commissioner Shah Khawar will make an announcement shortly.

Naqvi will be the 37th chairman of the cricket board after replacing the former chairman of the PCB Management Committee, Zaka Ashraf, in the Board of Governors (BoG).

Naqvi — a media channel owner, who has been serving as the interim chief minister for a year — was nominated by caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar for the cricketing body’s BoG.

“I will try to fix the issues affecting Pakistan cricket. Reforms in cricket are the need of the hour,” Naqvi had said.

Earlier in January, Ashraf resigned as the chairman of the PCB Management Committee. The 72-year-old announced his resignation during the committee’s meeting.

Ashraf became part of PCB’s Board of Governors on July 6, he assumed his role as the chairman by replacing Najam Sethi on the same day.

“I was working for the betterment of cricket but it is not possible for us to work in this way,” he said.

During the tenure of Ashraf, Pakistan played two major competitions — Asia Cup and the ODI World Cup.

The Men in Green failed to qualify in the final of the continental tournament while they also couldn’t qualify for the semi-finals of the World Cup.