PCB election commissioner’s administrative control challenged  in IHC

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday accepted a petition challenging the legality of the notification allowing the PCB Election Commissioner to manage the affairs of the sport’s governing body in the absence of a chairman, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Ahmed Shehzad Farooq Rana advocate has been named as PCB Election Commissioner but he is given an extra duty to manage the day-to-day affairs of the PCB.  

Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, while accepting the plea for a hearing, issued notices to the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination and others for July 4. The court also issued notices to the parties on the various stay order applications.

The petition wants the IHC to rule that the notification of handing over the affairs of PCB to the election commissioner was illegal.

This is the third time in two days that a court has intervened in PCB’s matters.

A day earlier, the Balochistan High Court (BHC) issued a stay order against the PCB chairman's elections that were scheduled to take place today (Tuesday).

The stay order was issued by a two-member bench, comprising Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Muhammad Aamir Nawaz Rana, till July 17. The orders were issued on a petition filed by PCB management committee member Gul Mohammad Kakar challenging the elections.

 The bench also issued notices to the prime minister, Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination, and chairman candidate Zaka Ashraf.

 Following the BHC order, the PCB also postponed the elections for the PCB chairman.

On Tuesday, the Lahore High Court also suspended the notification of the Board of Governors of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and issued a stay order on the elections of the chairman.

The LHC judge Justice Anwar Hussain issued a stay order and send notices to the federal government, PCB election commissioner, and others. 

The three court's intervention has added more controversy to the appointment for the PCB’s top job.