LAHORE
\nSenior PML-N leader Rana Mashood has said that the incumbent government will replace Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja in a few weeks or as soon as the matters of greater importance get resolved, The News reported Thursday.
\nMashood, who is a former provincial sports minister, has asked Ramiz to \u201cgracefully\u201d step down from the post. Ramiz Raja had been appointed by the then prime minister Imran Khan after Ehsan Mani\u2019s tenure ended in August 2021.
\nWhile speaking during a media talk, Mashood said that Ramiz should have resigned as the PCB chairman the moment PTI government was ousted.
\n\u201cI don\u2019t see any future for Raja in Pakistan cricket.\u201d Mashood said, adding that the government hasn\u2019t been able to take an immediate decision in this regard due to other \u201cimportant and pressing issues\u201d.
\nMashood \u2014 who is a key member of Punjab government \u2014 also hinted at the revival of departmental sports and also announced the initiation of sports endowment fund.
\n\u201cDepartment of Sports is being revived to provide employment to the players,\u201d he maintained.
\nLast month Ramiz claimed that he was asked by the government to continue working as PCB chairman.
\n\u201cI am not going anywhere. The newly elected government has directed me to keep working,\u201d Ramiz had told.
\nIt must be noted that multiple sources in the recent past have claimed that Najam Sethi will soon replace Raja as the PCB chief due to the former\u2019s close ties with Sharif.
\nThe former PCB Chairman Sethi stepped down in 2018 when Imran was sworn in as the prime minister. He was appointed on a three-year term in 2017, however his sour relationship with Khan resulted in his early exit.
\nOther than Sethi, the names of Shakil Sheikh, former PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf and former Lahore region president Khawaja Nadeem are also doing the round to be the chairman of the PCB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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