KARACHI: Former Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Lt. Gen. Tauqir Zia (Retd) has demanded ad hoc arrangements in the present set-up of the board.
When the incumbent management of the PCB is celebrating the democratic transition a few former, current players and administrators casting doubts on the mechanism adopted by the PCB for the elections held in Islamabad on May 8 three-day before the General Elections in the country.
"The recent election for the chairman Zaka Ashraf was also unconstitutional as major associations did not participate in the voting process", Tauqir Zia told a private TV channel on Monday evening.
However, Zaka Ashraf appointment was challenged by former captain Rashid Latif at the Sindh High Court and by the heads of the regional cricket associations of Faisalabad and Sialkot at the Lahore High Court.
Tauqir Zia also spoke about the recent spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League (IPL), saying that the BCCI was striving to reach at the bottom of the event.
He added, however, that the International Cricket Council (ICC) should play more active part in curbing the malpractice in Cricket.
On a question, the former chairman paid tribute to the incumbent PCB management for its efforts against corruption in the game.
"PCB has put in place a mechanism, in an effort to tighten the screws on corrupt practices, which is appreciable. The policy of zero-tolerance will work well", hoped Tauqir Zia.
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