PCB announces budget for 2013-14

BoG appoint officials to vacant seats in Finance and Audit Committees.

KARACHI:

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) budget for the year 2013-14 was approved by the Board of Governers (BoG) during the 28th meeting of the governing board at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore yesterday.

Caretaker PCB Chairman Najam Sethi presided over the meeting while others included Shakil Ahmed Shaikh, Muhammad Rafiq Bughio, Qaisar Khan Jamali, Masood Anwar Hamid, Muhammad Haroon Rasheed, Muhammad Iqbal Qasim and Commodore (retd) Mirza Arshad Hussain. Dr Jawad Sajid Khan, Wajahat Ullah Wasti, Subhan Ahmad – the PCB chief operating officer – and Badar Khan, who is the board’s chief financial officer, were also present. Imtiaz Ahmad was not present due to personal commitments.

The board passed a condolence reference in memory of the late Munir Hussain. A committee consisting of Shakil Shaikh and Nadeem Sarwar (PCB’s general manager media) was constituted to see what other steps (such as naming a press box in his name) may be taken in commemoration of his services to Pakistan cricket.

Seats in the Finance and Audit Committees had fallen vacant due to the exit of some BoG members. Haroon Rashid being appointed the head while Jawad Sajid Khan was made a member and the chief financial officer was also made secretary of the Finance Committee.Commodore (retd) Mirza Arshad Hussain was made head of the Audit Committee whereas Qaisar Jamali will be a member.

The board was also updated on the sale of media rights for the upcoming Pakistan home series against South Africa and Sri Lanka.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 25^th, 2013.

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