PCB yet to pay Ghani tour fee (11 June 1997)

11 June 1997

PCB yet to pay Ghani tour fee

By Dawn Sports Reporter

KARACHI, June 10: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is yet to pay Nasimul Ghani his fee as cricket manager of the national team on the last summer tour of England, informed sources said.

Nasimul Ghani was appointed coach of the team by the board of Arif Ali Khan Abbasi which was succeeded by Majid Khan's setup before the start of the tour last May. Well placed sources said Nasimul Ghani has dispatched several reminders to the PCB but he has not been answered. Sources maintained that the present setup was evaluating the arrangement of Nasimul Ghani with Arif Abbasi. "Nasimul Ghani was appointed on similar lines as that of Intikhab Alam. Ghani was to get an equal amount as that of senior most cricketer in the team which in that case of Salim Malik," sources revealed. They said Majid Khan was unhappy with the contract as he had hired the services of Mushtaq Mohammad at Rs 40,000 per month. "The PCB is seeking a way out."

Nasimul Ghani, who is tipped to replace Mushtaq Mohammad for the coming tour of Sri Lanka for the Asia Cup, it may be recalled, was removed from the job on the mid-tour after Pakistan had won the first Test against England. Sources in the PCB said the board had little option but to pay Nasimul Ghani the amount. "It was an agreement between the previous board and Nasimul Ghani which the present setup is obliged to fulfil," sources said.

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