LAHORE – Ehsan Mani was elected as the new chief of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in an unopposed contest on Tuesday.
Mani will serve the cricket board for a period of three years and surprisingly, no one submitted nomination papers against him.
The election came days after the resignation of former PCB chairman Najam Sethi who relinquished the post on August 20.
https://twitter.com/TheRealPCB/status/1036861729303683073
According to PCB’s official website, a special meeting was called at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore where Justice (R) Afzal Haider, the Election Commissioner with deputy election commissioner Ahmed Shahzad Farooq Rana conducted the elections of PCB.
Candidates could file their nomination papers between 11 am and 11:30 am but no contender against Mani surfaced.
The PCB board of governors included:
Mr. Ehsan Mani (Patron’s Nominee)
Mr. Asad Ali Khan (Patron’s Nominee)
Lt. Gen (R) Muzamil Hussain – Chairman WAPDA
Dr. Najeeb Samie – Director HBL
Mr. Muhammad Ayaz Butt – Director Sports KRL
Lt. Gen (R) Javed Zia – Chairman SSGC
Mr. Murad Ismail – President RCA Quetta/Member BOG
Mr. Shahrez Abdullah Khan – President LRCA/Member BOG
Mr. Kabir Ahmed Khan – President RCA FATA/Member BOG
Capt (R) Jahanzeb Khan -Secretary Ministry of IPCA
After assuming charge last month, Prime Minister Imran Khan nominated Former International Cricket Council chairman Ehsan Mani as the next chairman of the PCB.
https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1031566542587224067
