Monday, May 19, 2014

Chaos and the PCB

Chaos and the PCB

  • May 8 - Zaka Ashraf becomes the PCB's first elected chairman
  • May 28 - The Islamabad High Court bars Ashraf from dispensing his duties, following questions over the legality of his appointment
  • June 13 - High Court upholds Ashraf's suspension at a subsequent hearing and orders the PCB to name an interim chairman
  • June 19 - Key decisions are in the lurch, including an MoU that needs to be signed for Pakistan to tour the West Indies for a limited-over series in July
  • June 23 - Najam Sethi is named PCB's interim chairman
  • July 20 - High Court overrules all major decisions taken by Sethi and orders the Election Commission to conduct fresh elections for the chairman post
  • July 24 - PCB files appeal against High Court decision
  • September 28 - The ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) names Amir Tariq Zaman Khan the PCB secretary - a role not defined in the PCB constitution - in compliance with the High Court order
  • October 15 - Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif dissolves the PCB governing board and forms a five-member interim management committee headed by Sethi
  • October 21 - Islamabad High Court sets November 2 as the deadline for Election Commission to fill the chairman post
  • November 4 - High Court says Sethi commission can continue working, stays election process
  • November 17 - Sethi raises conflict-of-interest questions by interviewing Misbah-ul-Haq on his political show Aapas ki Baat
  • December 17 - High Court reserves judgment on PCB appeal against July 20 ruling
  • January 15 - High Court reinstates Zaka Ashraf as PCB chairman
  • February 10 - Najam Sethi returns as PCB chairman, after the patron of the board, Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, dismissing the chairman Zaka Ashraf once again and dissolving the board of governors
  • May 14 - Zaka Ashraf comes under a cloud after an internal audit by the PCB covering his 22-month span as chairman reveals a staggering level of financial extravagance
  • May 17 - The Islamabad High Court dismisses the order issued by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on February 10 that removed Zaka Ashraf as chairman, paving the way for his return

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