The Najam Sethi-led Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Interim Management Committee has been given an extension of two months to reimplement the 2014 constitution.
The notification in this regard was issued by the ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination today (Monday) after approval from PCB’s Patron-in-Chief and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The committee was formed on December 22, last year, and was initially given a term of 120 days — which expired on Saturday.
After the extension, the management committee will stay in charge till June 21, 2023.
It must be noted that Pakistan cricket chief Ramiz Raja was sacked just days after the national team suffered a humiliating first-ever 3-0 home series whitewash at the hands of England last year, according to a government notice.
But a change had been on the cards since April 2022, when Imran Khan — a former national captain — was ousted as prime minister and replaced by Sharif.
Raja, a member of Khan´s 1992 World Cup-winning side, was appointed chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in September last year.
A government notice said Sharif´s cabinet had dismissed Raja, and the PCB would be run by a 14-member committee headed by Najam Sethi, who has twice served as chairman.
The government notice also said the current constitution of the board has been scrapped, and one dating from 2014 revived.
The committee has been tasked with changing the constitution and elect a new chairman.
Khan came under fire for changing the PCB´s constitution in 2019 — in particular for abolishing the role of government departments and private entities in first-class cricket, leaving hundreds unemployed.
However, in his tweet, Sethi said "thousands of cricketers will be employed again".
"The famine in cricket will come to an end," he added.