Islamabad: The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed a woman as its director for the first time. Human resources executive Alia Zafar has been inducted into its 4 new directors by the Pakistan Cricket Board. Besides her, finance executive Javed Qureshi, economist Asim Wajid Jawad and corporate executive Arif Sayeed have also been made pakistan cricket board's director.
Zafar and Javed are said to be serving in the Pakistan Cricket Board for 2 years. Under the new constitution of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), one in 4 independent directors must be a woman. Pakistan Cricket Board President Ehsan Mani said in a statement, "I welcome the newly appointed members, especially Alia Zafar, who is the first independent member. This is a major step towards improving the structure of the Governance of the Pakistan Cricket Board," he said.
Pakistan's first-class cricket will now include only 6 provincial teams, Balochistan, Central Punjab, Southern Punjab, Khaybar Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Northern. So far, in first-class cricket, there were teams from banks and teams from cities. Decision of the Pakistan Cricket Board is being praised all over the world.
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