Board clearout follows Shahryar Khan's appointment

The appointment of Shaharyar Khan as the new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board is likely to trigger a shake-up in the top administrative posts, according to local media reports.

Shaharyar Khan takes over from Lt.-Gen. Tauqir Zia tomorrow (December 14) and Rameez Raja, the chief executive, Muhammad Naeem, the treasurer, and other leading officials are expected to resign almost straight away, as they had been asked to by Zia to enable his successor to appoint his own people.

"As far as Rameez and Naeem are concerned they have assured Zia they will tender their resignations," a PCB official told Lahore-based The News. "They understood that the new chairman would like to have his own people in the two key positions."

But all might not go as smoothly as Shaharyar Khan hopes. The News report added that Zahid Bashir, the board's marketing director who was also appointed by Zia, has refused to step down.