PCB does not get public funding: minister

Author: Web Desk

ISLAMABAD: Minister of Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Riaz Hussain Pirzada said on Monday that the money earned by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) did not belong to public since there was no cricket in Pakistan.

“It is not the public money, as an autonomous board, the PCB has every right to use those funds,” Pirzada told the NA Standing Committee at the IPC ministry. The committee’s chairperson Abdul Qahar Wadan and other lawmakers inquired about the visits of the PCB chairperson Shahryar Khan with entourage of top management, especially the recent visit to England with national cricket team.

Shahryar asked in which capacity PCB chief and other members were visiting England with cricket team when coaches were already there. Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmed replied that there was an International Cricket Council’s meeting and a visit of England’s PM so the chief had to be there.

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