Ramiz Raja removed as PCB chairman, 14-member panel headed by Najam Sethi

Former cricketer Ramiz Raja has been removed as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB by the countrys government which has appointed a 14member committee headed by Najam Sethi to run the affairs of the game for the next four monthsThe Pakistan government through a notification late on Wednesday removed Raja following the teams 30 whitewash by England in the Test seriesThe notification issued by Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has to be approved by the federal cabinet which is just a formalityThe developments on Wednesday confirmed speculation that Sharif who is the patroninchief of the PCB had decided to appoint Sethi as the new chairman of the countrys cricket bodyRaja served as PCB chairman for 15 months after he was appointed by former premier Imran Khan to head the board in September 2021Raja had taken over as the 36th chairman of the PCB after his predecessor Ehsan Mani had stepped down from the post He was the fourth former cricketer to be appointed to the post after Ijaz Butt 200811 Javed Burki 199495 and Abdul Hafeez Kardar 197277Sethi was the chairman and CEO of the PCB between 20132018 and resigned soon after Imran and his party won the 2018 general electionsThere was however no official word from the PCB or Raja on the latest developments days before the Test series against New Zealand beginning in Karachi on December 26Also readRamiz Raja sacked as PCB chiefThe notification states that the PM has reviewed the 2014 constitution of the PCB and abolished the existing constitution made in 2019As per the notification Sethi will head the management committee that includes former Pakistan players Shahid Afridi Haroon Rasheed Shafqat Rana and former womens team captain Sana MirThe rest of the committee comprises of former members of the governing board which was dissolved in 2019The notification also states that Sharifs order had been duly vetted by the Law and Justice Division and now needs to be approved by the federal cabinet which will be done on ThursdayThe notification was issued a few hours after the PCB announced the Test squad for the series against New Zealand which is touring Pakistan after 19 yearsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever