PCB offices remain shut (18 July 1999)

18 July 1999

PCB offices remain shut

The Dawn

Lahore, July 17: The headquarters of the defunct Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) at the Gaddafi Stadium give a haunted look after the appointment of an ad hoc committee.

No one had been allowed to enter the PCB offices by the two security guards manning the gate that since Friday. Even on Sunday, no one would be allowed in, they said.

The PCB ad hoc committee member Javed Zaman Khan visited the headquarters for about ten minutes. The things are expected to start moving after the arrival of the ad hoc committee chairman Mujibur Rahman from Qatar within a few days.

The Gaddafi Stadium has been locked from inside and every visitor finds a notice, signed by the defunct PCB secretary Waqar Ahmad, pasted on a pillar of the main gate, which reads as follows:

"The President of Pakistan, who is also the patron of Pakistan Cricket Board has suspended The Management of Pakistan Cricket Board and appointed an ad hoc committee headed by Mujibur Rahman with Mr Javed zaman to perform the Board's functions until further orders. Entry in Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore and PCB offices is not allowed till further orders".

Source :: The Dawn (www.dawn.com)