Ramiz Raja to head Pakistan Cricket Board as new chairman
Pakistan Cricket Board would now be headed by Ramiz Raja, as he would be succeeding Ehsan Mani. He was the only one to have applied for the post and was unanimously voted in.
FollowRamiz Raja will now head the Pakistan Cricket Board after he was formally elected as the new chairman on Monday. He was the only one to have applied for the post, while he was voted in unanimously by six governing board members.
Raja happens to be PCB’s 36th chairman, as he would be heading the board for a three-year term. The special meeting organised by the boar, during which he was elected, was presided by Justice (retd) Sheikh Azmat Saeed, PCB’s Election Commissioner.
He is now only the fourth Pakistan player to head the board after Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Javed Burki and Ijaz Butt. Earlier, he had also served as the board’s Chief Executive and representing the board in ICC Chief Executives’ Committee. At the same time, he currently happens to be a member of the MCC World Cricket Committee.
“Mr Ramiz Raja, along with Mr Asad Ali Khan, was nominated by the PCB Patron, Prime Minister Imran Khan, on the PCB Board of Governors on 27 August for a three-year term, where they joined Mr Aasim Wajid Jawad, Ms Alia Zafar, Mr Arif Saeed, Mr Javed Kurieshi (all independent members) and Mr Wasim Khan (PCB Chief Executive),” said PCB in a release.
“I am thankful to all of you for electing me as the PCB Chairman and look forward to working with you to ensure Pakistan cricket continues to thrive and grow stronger, both on and off the field. One of my key focuses will be to help introduce in the Pakistan men’s cricket team the same culture, mindset, attitude and approach that once made Pakistan one of the most feared cricket playing nations. As an organisation, we all need to get behind the national team and provide them the desired assistance and support so that they can produce that brand of cricket, which the fans also expect from them each time they step on to the field of play,” he said in the release upon his appointment.
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