Five out of seven members of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)'s board of governors (BoG) Wednesday presented a resolution declaring the appointment of Wasim Khan as Managing Director of the PCB as 'null and void.' This move has spread alarm in the cricketing circles asking for immediate action to bring the situation under control.
The five members, President RCA Quetta Shah Dost, President RCA FATA Kabir Ahmed Khan, President RCA Sialkot Muhammad Nauman Butt, President LRCA Shahrez Abdullah Khan and Director Sports KRL Muhammad Ayaz Butt, boycotted the board meeting. Through a resolution, they wanted to declare the appointment of the Managing Director along with the creation of the unconstitutional post of MD PCB as null and void. The resolution says that any move to abolish departments or regions, as a part of restructuring domestic cricket, is 'unacceptable'.
On the other hand, a PCB press release says the 53rd meeting of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Board of Governors, the first-ever in Quetta, was adjourned for a later date due to an incomplete quorum. The meeting had started with the members offering 'fateha' for all those who lost their lives in a tragic incident in Quetta's Hazarganji market as well as Naseem Khan, a first-class cricketer and a PCB coach, who recently passed away.
The meeting was then adjourned for a brief period pursuant to five members attempting to table a resolution, which was not part of the agenda. The PCB Chairman had proposed any business other than the agenda could be considered under Any Other Items at the end of the meeting. However, the Khan Research Laboratory (KRL) and the four regional representatives refused to return to complete the meeting.
PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani said: "I am hugely disappointed by today's events as I was looking forward to an interactive, productive and constructive discussion, which was aimed at taking Pakistan cricket forward. Yesterday, we called on the honourable Chief Minister of Balochistan and engaged in fruitful and enlightening discussions to promote cricket in Balochistan. It is, therefore, particularly disappointing that the representative from Balochistan also refused to return for the BoG meeting." "We reaffirm our commitment to doing what is right for Pakistan cricket and once again becoming a strong force in the world game, and must not get derailed by personal agendas," the PCB chairman said.
The sources claimed that the PM Imran Khan has also taken notice of this development and he may meet the PCB chairman soon. On the other hand, the sources in the PCB said that different options are being discussed to defuse the situation.