Islamabad: After consultation with Law Ministry and legal experts,
at last the Aiwan-e-Sadr has issued the notification of the appointment
of Chaudhary Zaka Ashraf as Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
However,
Zaka’s tenure has not been mentioned in the notification, which was
issued on Thursday night after three days. President Asif Zardari, who
is also Chief Patron of PCB, appointed Zaka Ashraf Chairman of the board
on 11th October in place of Ijaz Butt whose three years tenure was
completed on October 8.
The source said that the legal experts
advised Presidency that Zaka Ashraf would quit his responsibilities as
President of ZTBL before assuming the charge of his new appointment.
The
reason for not issuing the notification so far, that the officer of
Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) had filed a writ petition in the
court against Zaka Ashraf that he as the President of the bank embezzled
the funds, which might be recovered from him and his new appointment as
Chairman of PCB might be declared null and void.
The sources
told Online that the tenure of Zaka Ashraf as ZTBL President was
completed on 3rd September this year, however, the Finance Ministry
issued a notification on 28th September in which he was asked to
continue his services.
Presidential Spokesman, Farhatullah Babar
has also confirmed that the notification of Zaka Ashraf appointment as
the PCB Chairman has been issued. He said that Zaka Ashraf would assume
the offices from the day when he leaves the ZTBL post. Online
