Media mogul Mohsin Naqvi was elected chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Tuesday, a risky place steadily the goal of political interference.
Naqvi, who can also be the caretaker chief minister of Punjab province because the cricket-mad nation heads into an election on Thursday, will serve a three-year time period.
“I’m deeply honoured and humbled to have been unanimously elected,” Naqvi mentioned in a press release from the PCB.
“I’m totally dedicated to upgrading the usual of the sport within the nation and bringing professionalism within the administration of cricket in Pakistan.”
Naqvi, 45, is the primary chairman to be elected since Ramiz Raja was sacked in December 2022, with Najam Sethi and Zaka Ashraf appointed head of interim boards within the intervening months.
Pakistan cricket has a historical past of political meddling, with the incumbent prime minister normally the patron of the board and allowed to appoint two officers to the 10-member physique that elects the chairman.
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Naqvi’s first job might be to enhance the home cricket construction and the efficiency of the nationwide facet, which most lately misplaced a Check collection 3-0 in Australia and a T20I collection in New Zealand.
He additionally faces a problem to host the eight-nation Champions Trophy in February 2025, with arch-rivals India unwilling to tour Pakistan over long-running political tensions.