Farooqi resigns as KCCA president

Karachi cricket official had a dispute with PCB over new domestic structure.

KARACHI: Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) President Ejaz Farooqi on Tuesday resigned from his post following a dispute with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Farooqi, who also quit as a PCB governing body member, was unhappy with the new format of the domestic season, where Karachi — one of cricket’s biggest nurseries in the country — was only allowed to feature one direct entry in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.

The official said he had resigned from his post to prevent the imposition of an ad hoc system on the KCCA. “I have resigned from the post in the larger interest of the KCCA,” said Farooqi. “If I hadn’t, then an ad hoc system would have been enforced by the PCB as they are not agreeing to permit direct entry for two teams from Karachi.”

Meanwhile, prior to Farooqi’s resignation, a PCB official had said that the board was expected to sack the KCCA president as he had violated the board’s constitution. “Farooqi violated article 19 of the PCB’s constitution and also violated the constitution of region, zone and district,” he had said.

According to the PCB rules, the board is responsible for conducting elections for the president KCCA within 30 days.

Farooqi has decided not to nominate himself for the next elections, while Nadeem Omar, who gave Farooqi a run for his money in the last elections, is the favourite to fill the vacant post.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 1^st,  2015.

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