The general body meeting of Pakistan Cricket Board(PCB) held here on Friday after a long gap of thirteen year. The meeting was convened as per Clause 17 of the PCB Constitution. This was the first time the PCB General body had met since 1998. A total of 73 members comprising 18 Full Members, 53 Associate Members, as well as 2 honourary members, former Chairman PCB Khalid Mehmood and Lt. Gen retd Tauqir Zia, attended the meeting. Both of them praised PCB for holding the meeting. Chairman PCB,Mohammad Ijaz Butt informed the house that as per the PCB constitution the General Body meeting will be convened on an annual basis in the future as well.
“Chairman PCB also stressed on all the members that following up on the historic achievements of the Pakistan Women Cricket Team it is essential that Women Cricket teams be formed in all districts and full support should be given to promote Women Cricket in the country”,said a spokesman of PCB. Representatives of Blind Cricket and Deaf Cricket expressed their appreciation at being given recognition for the first time as members of the General Body and apprised the meeting of the progress of their respective associations,he added.
The agenda of the meeting included,consideration of PCB Annual Report and Future Programmes as devised by the PCB Board of Governors,consideration of Audited Accounts and Budget Estimates,to make recommendations to the Board of Governors deemed appropriate for promotion of Cricket in Pakistan. “Members of the General Body shared their suggestions and made recommendations for the continued development of Cricket and related infrastructure in the country. PCB’s initiatives in this regard were recognized by the members”,he asserted. – App
