Immediate effect: PCB legal adviser sent packing

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has terminated the contract of legal adviser Taffazul Haider Rizvi within hours of Zaka Ashraf’s reinstatement as the chairman of the board. Rizvi was sent packing by Ashraf within 24 hours of his earlier reinstatement in January this year, and on his return to PCB’s head office in Lahore the lawyer met the same fate –this time within a few hours. A PCB official confirmed the development. “PCB has terminated the services of Mr.Rizvi, and a letter has been sent to his office.” After the detailed verdict by Justice Noorul Haq Qureshi was made public on Monday, it was declared that all decisions taken by Sethi during his four month stint as PCB chairman were illegal and subsequently revoked.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 20^th, 2014.