Najam Sethi take charge of PCB, announces end of Ramiz Raja’s power

• Najam Sethi is all set to take charge of matters of PCB
• He announced the end of Ramiz Raja’s power
• Sethi vowed thousands of cricketers will be employeed

ISLAMABAD: Former Journalist Najam Sethi is all set to take charge of the matters related to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as Prime Minister has appointed him the Chairman of the PCB Management Committee restoring the 2014 constitution of the board.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a 14-member management committee that will be headed by former PCB Chairman Najam Sethi till the elections are held within the next four months.

“The federal government is pleased to constitute a management committee to manage the affairs of PCB with full executive powers with the aim of effecting the restoration of departmental cricket structure and other allied matters, including the nomination of Board of Governors and election of chairman, as stipulated in the 2014 Constitution, within a frame of 120 days,” the notification issued by Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination stated.

In another notification, the federal cabinet also approved repealing of PCB Constitution 2019 and revival of the PCB Constitution 2014 through a circulation summary after the approval of the Cabinet.

Najam Sethi while taking it to Twitter announced the end of former Chairman Ramiz Raja’s power.

“The cricket regime headed by Ramiz Raja is no more. The 2014 PCB constitution stands restored.”

He also vowed that the Management Committee will work tirelessly to revive first-class cricket. “Thousands of cricketers will be employed again. The famine in cricket will come to an end.”

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