ICA impose life ban on its ex-secretary

Islamabad, Oct 27: The Islamabad Cricket Association (ICA)ad hoc committee slapped a life ban on its former secretary Jawadul Hassan and has also refrained all affiliated clubs to disassociate themselves from the official.

The ad hoc committee has also written to Brig Shami, who is heading the scrutiny of clubs in Rawalpindi/Islamabad and NWFP zone, not to allow Jawad to enter his name in the club.

The action was announced in response to the press release issued by the former secretary demanding ouster of the ICA ad hoc committee which he alleged was damaging cricket in the capital.

An official of ICA maintained that the Pakistan Cricket Board Ad hoc Committee had also endorsed the decision taken by the ICA ad hoc body.

When contacted Jawadul Hassan termed the decision as "arbitrary". This is in complete violation of rules, besides I was not given any show cause notice to explain my position. Furthermore, the ad hoc body does not have a mandate to debar any official from cricket, he said.

Jawad had disclosed that former PCB ad hoc committee chairman Mujeeb-ur-Rehman was forcefully heading the ICA although his tenure had completed in January 1998.

Numerous attempts to contact to confirm the PCB stand on the issue through chairman DTMC Javed Zaman remained futile.