LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi will attend a crucial International Cricket Council (ICC) board meeting this week, according to sources.
Naqvi will travel to Dubai tomorrow to attend the first ICC meeting of 2024, where this year’s T20 World Cup and 2025 Champions Trophy, which will be hosted by Pakistan, will be on the agenda.
PCB Chief Operating Officer Salman Naseer is already in Dubai for the chief executives meeting.
Sources added that PCB officials will also meet members of other cricket boards during their trip to Dubai.
The three-day ICC meetings will start today.
Earlier, Naqvi was inducted into the federal cabinet as interior minister, Geo News reported on Monday.
The President had been advised, in a summary moved by the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif today, to appoint Naqvi as one of the federal ministers in terms of clause 1 of Article 92, read with clause 9 of Article 91, of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
The 19-member federal cabinet took oath today at the Awan-e-Sadr with President Asif Ali Zardari administering their swearing-in ceremony.
Naqvi has also confirmed that he will be contesting in the Senate polls from Punjab next month.
Speaking to The News on Saturday, Naqvi said that though he would be the Senate's "candidate of all", he hasn't decided on his future political identity.
It must be noted that Naqvi was elected unopposed as the new chairman of the PCB last month.
The election, which confirmed Naqvi's appointment for a period of three years, took place at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore.
However, it is pertinent to know that Naqvi's appointment as PCB chairman has been challenged in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) with the court having reserved its verdict on the petition relying on the caretaker prime minister's powers to appoint the board's chief.
Sohail Imran Sohail Imran is a senior reporter for Geo News.