LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday stayed the election of the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board after suspending the notification of the Board of Governors.
The court issued notices to the federal government, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) election commissioner, and others.
In the petition of one Malik Zulifqar, it was contended that Chief Election Commissioner Shahzad Farooq Rana had made several changes to the list of the BoGs, which was finalised by the interim management committee on June 20. It said that the act of the chief election commissioner was illegal.
The petition implored the court for a stay order in this regard, which was granted by the court. It is pertinent to mention that a day before, the Balochistan High Court had stopped the election of the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman pending further orders.
Earlier, the PCB postponed the elections for its new chairman after a stay order was issued by the Balochistan High Court's two-member bench on Monday.
Chief Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Amir Nawaz issued an order to stop the elections till July 17.
In view of the forthcoming Eid-ul-Adha holidays and the two weeks of summer vacation for the court, the court will resume listening to the arguments on July 17.
The elections for the PCB chairman were supposed to be held on Tuesday (June 27) at the PCB headquarters in Lahore.
All of the involved participants including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination, the PCB Chairman nominee Zaka Ashraf and others were issued notices.
The petition was filed by the former member of the PCB management committee Gul Mohammad Kakar in a bid to challenge the elections for the chairman of PCB.
The petitioners urged the court to stop the elections of the chairman and suspend the Board of Governors (BoG) until it gives a verdict on their petitions.
It was also contended in the petition that the BoG was established against the nominations of the ex-management committee and the meeting between the BoG and the election of cricket board's chairman would be illegal as well.