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Iqbal Qasim was appointed the new chief selector of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday after former chief selector Mohammad Illyas resigned from the post.
The appointment was announced by PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf in a briefing to the media.
The committee team will comprise Saleem Jaffar, Azhar Khan, Asif Baloch and Farrukh Zaman.
Accompanied by Illyas at the press conference, Ashraf commended his performance as the chief selector and termed it a “wonderful contribution” to the cricket board.
“He [Illyas] has worked with great dedication and honesty,” remarked Ashraf.
Illyas also thanked the board for giving him a chance to prove himself and said that a time comes when new people have to replace the old ones. “I have enjoyed working here.”
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PCM board is a musical chair game, there are certain players, e.g., Iqbal Qasim, Waseem Bari, Zaheer Abbas, Aqib Javed, Ijaz Malik etc, who keeps circling around chairs with important portfolios and depending upon top guy on a certain day get their spot. in such circumstances and with such tried and tested losers, it can't be expected of PCB to deliver any long term results
good choice and weldone zaka ashraf
@ Khalid Javed.
Don't know which planet you are on? Iqbal Qasim has been a player and selector with integrity.
great decision...a man of integrity who had the guts to resign when the team failed in Australia. Thats something you dont often see in pakistan
What about Mohsin Khan?
Bye bye Imran Farhat!
Hope he does not have a son-in-law to push in the team like the previous selector.
A wonderful and decent person with strong knowledge of cricket which is evident from his record. I wish him all the best and expect that PCB will fully support him.