Chairman to remain most powerful person in PCB
IPC official rubbishes reports of managing director being given highest authority.
According to an IPC official, the board’s chairman will not be diluted off his powers after reports claimed that his authority would be curtailed to make it a more ceremonial position. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
KARACHI:
The Express Tribune has learnt that the powers of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will continue to rest with the chairman, and there will be no post of Managing Director (MD). The development negates the circulating reports that the MD will be the most powerful person in the board in the near future.
The new constitution has been sent for approval by the Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) ministry to Prime Minister and PCB Patron Nawaz Sharif.
Two retired judges of the Supreme Court (SC) prepared the draft, which was dispatched before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) reinstated Zaka Ashraf as PCB chairman on May 17.
And according to an IPC official, the board’s chairman will not be diluted off his powers after reports claimed that his authority would be curtailed to make it a more ceremonial position.
“Under the new constitution, the PCB chairman will continue to be the main man and his powers will not be shared with any other top official,” he said.
“The chairman will continue to employ people for major posts; he will decide on selection committees, captain of the national team, the team management and hiring and firing in the board.”
PM Sharif had formed a Management Committee (MC) for a four-month period (till June 9) in order to conduct free and fair elections in the PCB and also to form a new constitution. However, the MC has been unable to complete the process due to legal complications, with the board being occupied in court matters during the last two months.
According to the official, all departmental representatives and elected regional presidents in the Board of Governors (BoG) will elect the chairman, unlike in the Ashraf’s constitution, in which only two members of BoG were included in a four-member nomination committee for the election.
He added that the chairman can be removed democratically by a vote of no-confidence by the BoG, while it was impossible to remove the chairman in Zaka’s constitution.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 6th, 2014.
The Express Tribune has learnt that the powers of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will continue to rest with the chairman, and there will be no post of Managing Director (MD). The development negates the circulating reports that the MD will be the most powerful person in the board in the near future.
The new constitution has been sent for approval by the Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) ministry to Prime Minister and PCB Patron Nawaz Sharif.
Two retired judges of the Supreme Court (SC) prepared the draft, which was dispatched before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) reinstated Zaka Ashraf as PCB chairman on May 17.
And according to an IPC official, the board’s chairman will not be diluted off his powers after reports claimed that his authority would be curtailed to make it a more ceremonial position.
“Under the new constitution, the PCB chairman will continue to be the main man and his powers will not be shared with any other top official,” he said.
“The chairman will continue to employ people for major posts; he will decide on selection committees, captain of the national team, the team management and hiring and firing in the board.”
PM Sharif had formed a Management Committee (MC) for a four-month period (till June 9) in order to conduct free and fair elections in the PCB and also to form a new constitution. However, the MC has been unable to complete the process due to legal complications, with the board being occupied in court matters during the last two months.
According to the official, all departmental representatives and elected regional presidents in the Board of Governors (BoG) will elect the chairman, unlike in the Ashraf’s constitution, in which only two members of BoG were included in a four-member nomination committee for the election.
He added that the chairman can be removed democratically by a vote of no-confidence by the BoG, while it was impossible to remove the chairman in Zaka’s constitution.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 6th, 2014.