Zaka Ashraf resigns as PCB’s Interim Management Committee head

Zaka Ashraf on Friday tendered his resignation from the position of Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s Interim Management Committee (IMC).

Ashraf stepped down from the post two weeks before the expiry of the IMC’s tenure.

He announced his decision after the fourth meeting of the committee at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore on Friday.

“I was working for cricket’s betterment,” people familiar with the matter quoted Zaka Ashraf as saying.

“Now it is up to Prime Minister [Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar], whomever he nominates [will take my place],” he added.

The development comes three days after the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordi­nation (IPC) had disallowed Zaka 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 for PCB chairman for a three-year term.

“Zaka 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,” said a statement from the PCB.

Caretaker PM Kakar extended the term of the Zaka Ashraf-led Management Committee in November 2023.

During his tenure, Pakistan played two major competitions, the Asia Cup and the ODI World Cup, but performed miserably in both tournaments.