Pakistan: Cricket Board chairman meets Leghari (23 Sep 1997)

23 September 1997

Cricket Board chairman meets Leghari

By Our Sports Reporter

KARACHI, Sept 22: The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah Bokhari, called on President Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari in Islamabad on Saturday.

According to well informed sources in the federal capital, the meeting lasted nearly 30 minutes. However, details of the meeting were not known. Bokhari returned to Lahore on Sunday.

Sources said President Leghari had called the PCB chairman and it is anticipated that the meeting might have revolved around the forthcoming international matches to be played in the 1997-98 season. The 1997-98 season has been billed as the golden jubilee of Pakistan season and the cricket board has done all possible efforts to make the occasion a memorable one. Heavyweights like world champions Sri Lanka, West Indies, South Africa and traditional rivals India will be playing here. Zulfiqar Bokhari, when contacted in Lahore on Monday, said the meeting took up several issues, including cricket. "But we also discussed district politics and agriculture. The President was curious about cotton crop and its production. "As far as cricket is concerned, he inquired about the performance of the team and by and large was satisfied," he said.

Source:: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)