Najam Sethi is currently serving as PCB caretaker chairman until elections determine a new Chariman. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
"PCB authorities contacted us on this issue in the light of the decision of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) but we have expressed our inability," ECP sources said on Monday.
"We can't conduct the election of Chairman PCB as it is not our mandate and that is why we have expressed our inability."
Sources said that ECP will maintain its position even if its opinion is sought in the court.
PCB officials, while confirming that a request had been sent to the ECP, claimed that the government body was reluctant to hold the elections, fearing that it would set a precedent that would bind it to hold elections in the future as well.
After ordering the removal of former PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf, having termed his appointment "dubious", the IHC had directed the cricket body to hold elections for a new chairman within 90 days.
Per the defined procedure, elected presidents of the regional and district bodies and representatives of departments affiliated with the PCB would be electing the new Chairman.
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In matters of little significance like PCB elections, ECP suddenly grows balls to defy court orders. A case of mis-placed priorities.
THE ECP officials allowed Najam sethi to become interim PM which was a flagrant violation of article 62/63. (As Najam sethi himself admitted on TV that he stands ineligible under this article).
Later the same "invisible force"made him take over PCB.
Maybe, the overzealous court will actually learn something from this waste of the taxpayers money. If I could, I would take a suo moto against the courts for trashing my hardearned money on such frivolties. Shame on the judges for not even knowing the basics of what the ECP's job is.