Senate committe summons Shaharyar and Rameez

The officials of the Pakistan board have been summoned on July 19 by the Senate Standing Committee on Sports, Culture and Women Affairs for another round of hearing.

Dawn quoted Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry, the chairman of the committee, as saying that Shaharyar Khan, the PCB chairman, Rameez Raja, the chief executive, and the chief selector Wasim Bari have been asked to attend the meeting in Islamabad. "We will also be asking Javed Miandad and Inzamam-ul-Haq to appear before the committee."

This meeting will be a follow up on the one held earlier this year, on May 29, when Shaharyar and Rameez were questioned on matters relating to the functioning of the PCB, and were also grilled for Pakistan's defeat to India at home.

At that time, Enver Baig - one of the senators of the committee - was quoted in The News as saying, "Shaharyar Khan has promised that in three months time constitutional amendments would be made. The [senate] committee also told him categorically that he will not bulldoze any amendments in the constitution and he will place all the intended amendments before a general body meeting and only implement and incorporate them if they are approved by the general body."

Baig had also expressed his disappointment over Rameez taking up commentary assignments, and occupying a senior position in a bank despite holding a full-time job with the board.

This month's meeting is being convened following a requisition made by senators Enver Baig, Sayed Murad Ali Shah and Dr Kauser Firdaus.