PM Imran doesn't interfere in cricket affairs: Wasim Khan

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Wasim Khan has reiterated that Prime Minister Imran Khan does not interfere in the cricketing body’s affairs.

While talking to local media at the Karachi Press Club, Khan said that PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani makes his own decisions.

“We were reconstituted in 2019 and the [PCB patron-in-chief] Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is a former player himself, has an opinion on the matters but it doesn’t mean he goes around giving directions. He has a hands-off role. We are an autonomous system under which the Chairman Ehsan Mani makes his own decisions,” said Khan.

He also expressed his desire to continue as the PCB CEO, bearing in mind the fact that his current tenure is due to end in February 2022.

“It’s not my decision, it’s the Board of Governors (BoG)’s decision after they have assessed the performance. Personally, I definitely want to carry on because of the work we have started [at the PCB]. I’m enjoying my stay here, considering the progress we have made in Pakistan cricket,” he said. “The first few months were difficult because of the different culture and the system in Pakistan but things are progressing in a smooth manner now.”

“My family is from Azad Kashmir and I visit them from time to time. Also, my life is settled in Lahore,” he added.

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The PCB chief also stated that the chairman of, both, selection committee and cricket committee will be announced soon.  

“We will try to announce the appointment by the end of this week,” he said. “The name of the chairman of the selection and cricket committee will be revealed by Sunday or Monday.”