Shoaib appointed U-17 coach

Former Test opener Shoaib Mohammad and Sajid Nabi Malik have been appointed as coach and manager of the Pakistan Under-17 team respectively which will take part in the ACC tournament scheduled to be held at Dhaka, Bangladesh, from Feb 15.

Dr Sohail Salim was appointed physiotherapist. Meanwhile, former leg-spinner Iqbal Qasim, citing domestic problems, has expressed his inability to PCB as taking charge of manager cricket development on a permanent basis in Lahore.