120 days had been allowed to the Najam Sethi-led committee to reinstate the PCB’s 2014 constitution
A further two to four weeks have been allotted for the PCB’s interim management committee, led by Najam Sethi, to apply again for the board’s 2014 constitution. The initial term for the committee was 120 days, and it will end on Saturday.
The Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC), Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari, confirmed to news that a request for the extension has been made to the Prime Minister.
They have also asked the Prime Minister to name two nominees for the new board, one of whom is anticipated to take the position of PCB chairman.
According to a copy of the IPC summary provided to the Prime Minister’s office that media saw:
“The tenure of the management committee expires on April 21 and PCB is directed to submit a comprehensive report of activities so far after the revival of the PCB constitution of 2014 from 22 December 2022 to 20 April 2023. Following the development, the IPC is in its opinion to extend the tenure of the committee for a period of two to four weeks (maximum) to materialize the outcome of the action.”
The process to establish a permanent set-up at the PCB will start next month, according to Mazari, who claimed that the delay was mostly caused by the ongoing limited-overs series against New Zealand at home. There is currently no evidence to suggest that Sethi won’t succeed as chairman after the change is finished.
A special meeting of member boards will be called by the election commissioner in accordance with the 2014 constitution to kick off the process. Ten people will make up the board: four regional delegates (representing the top four department teams from the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy), four representatives of services organizations, and two patron-nominated members.
The federal secretary of the Ministry of IPC, or any other officer of his choosing, shall serve as the eleventh ex-officio, non-voting member.
To encourage stability in the system, the board of governors’ members serve terms that are each three years long, or one term as chairman. To participate in the election process, anyone may submit their papers among them.
After Ramiz Raja resigned as PCB chairman and the board’s 2019 constitution was repealed, it was announced in December of last year that Sethi will serve as the chairman of a 14-member management committee to oversee the board’s operations on an interim basis.
The committee was anticipated to reinstate the regional and services department setup in domestic cricket and change the PCB constitution back to the 2014 version.
According to the 2014 constitution, the committee was entrusted with creating a board of governors and choosing a chairman, with Sethi himself running for the position.
The Imran Khan government created the constitution, which abolished the department structure in 2019 and had six teams representing Pakistan’s provinces in every competition.
The Ramiz Raja administration had been operating under that constitution before it was overthrown last year.
Imran had long advocated for Pakistan’s domestic model to resemble that of Australia. However, the six-team model was not well-liked outside of the Imran administration, and it was always possible that a new administration in charge would modify the organization of Pakistan’s domestic cricket again.
