LAHORE–December 21, 2014: With Chairman Shaharyar M. Khan chairing it, the 33rd meeting of the PCB’s Board of Governors (BoG) dealt with a vast and varied agenda and arrived at various decisions after detailed deliberation here at NCA today.
At the outset a minute of silence was observed in memory of the innocent children who lost their lives in the unfortunate terror incident in Peshawar’s Army Public School.
Chairman PCB briefed the BoG in some detail on the positive impact of Kenyan team’s visit in terms of dispelling any security concerns of other key cricket playing nations and furthered the cause of encouraging tours of other sub-national and national teams from various countries. Members were also briefed on the selection process of the ICC World Cup 2015 National Squad. Members endorsed the induction of Mr. Naveed Akram Cheema as Team Manager.
Updates were also provided on PCB’s Sale of International Media Rights the tender AD of which has already been circulated in national and international newspapers and has received an enthusiastic response.
It was decided that the Annual General Meeting of the Board would be convened in April 2015
Members also approved the reinitiation of the Pakistan Super League Project and formed a Bid Committee to oversee the award of PSL Rights. The Bid Committee comprises:
1. Najam Sethi - Chairman
2. Subhan Ahmad - Member
3. Badar M Khan - Member
4. Salman Naseer - Member
5. Zaki Rahman - Member
6. Shoaib Naveed - Secretary
It was also agreed that a fully developed strategic long term plan encompassing the way forward for PCB in term of the guidelines specified by the Board be presented at the next meeting of the BoG.
BoG also examined the draft Model Constitutions of Clubs and District Cricket Associations and constituted a committee to finalize the same and present recommendations before the BoG at its next meetings for approval. The Committee comprises:
1. Najam Sethi - Chairman
2. Shakil Shaikh - Member
3. Ejaz Farooqi - Member
4. Ahmad Shahzad Rana - Member
5. Saqib Irfan - Member
6. Salman Naseer - Member
The Board constituted a Media Committee to formulate a Media Policy comprising:
1. Najam Sethi - Chairman
2. Shakil Shaikh - Member
3. Gul Zada - Member
4. Subhan Ahmad - Member
5. Agha Akbar - Member
The BoG also approved the Annual Audited Accounts 2013-14 and congratulated the Board on increased profitability.
Other than Chairman Shaharyar Khan, the following members attended the Special BoG meeting: former Chairman Mr Najam Sethi, Mr. Shakil Sheikh (Islamabad), Mr Gul Zada (Peshawar), Prof Ejaz Faruqi (Karachi), Mr. Iqbal Qasim (NBP), Mr. Yousuf Nasim Khokhar (WAPDA) and Muhammad Ijaz Chaudhry, federal secretary IPC. The PCB COO Mr. Subhan Ahmad and CFO Mr. Badar M. Khan, Mr. Salman Naseer (Secretary BoG) also attended the meeting.
Mr. Amjad Latif (SNGPL) could not attend owing to a federal government call for a meeting in Islamabad, while Mansoor Masood Khan (UBL) was abroad owing to professional commitments.
