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Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board\u2019s Interim Management Committee (IMC) Zaka Ashraf on Friday tendered his resignation from the position, two weeks before the expiry of the IMC\u2019s tenure that he had headed.<\/p>\n
The resignation comes three days after the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordi\u00adnation (IPC) had disallowed<\/a> Ashraf from holding an IMC meeting wherein he was supposed to form the Board of Governors (BoGs), which is the first step to hold the elections of PCB chairman for a three-year term.<\/p>\n Ashraf made the announcement during the fourth meeting of the PCB\u2019s IMC at Lahore\u2019s National Cricket Academy today.<\/p>\n \u201cZaka Ashraf announced that he has decided to tender his resignation as chairman and member of the MC to the caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar,\u201d said a statement from the PCB.<\/p>\n It added that Ashraf thanked the premier \u201cfor the confidence and trust reposed by him and extended his best wishes and prayers for the betterment of Pakistan and Pakistan cricket\u201d.<\/p>\n In the meeting, Ashraf highlighted the \u201cmilestones\u201d accomplished during his tenure, including a \u201csignificant increase\u201d in PCB contributions from the International Cricket Council, the visit of the Board of Cricket Control of India to Pakistan, the home team securing the number one spot in ICC one-day international rankings, Pakistan hosting the Asia Cup after 15 years and reaching an accord with Cricket Australia on player development, among other accomplishments.<\/p>\n The members were briefed on the PCB affairs and financial matters, the statement added.<\/p>\n Ashraf also thanked members of the MC, the PCB management and the staff for their support during his tenure.<\/p>\n On Dec 20, 2022, Ramiz Raja was the PCB chairman. He was removed by then prime minister and PCB patron Shehbaz Sharif, who had named an 11-member IMC headed by Najam Sethi, which worked till June 20, 2023. Subsequently, another interim committee, a 10-member body, was formed<\/a> on July 5, 2023 with Ashraf \u2014 a Pakistan People\u2019s Party leader \u2014 as its chairman.<\/p>\n