Najam Sethi appointed PCB acting chairman

LAHORE: Former caretaker chief minister Punjab and senior journalist Najam Sethi has been appointed as acting chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Geo News reported Sunday.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gave approval for the appointment of Sethi as PCB chief.

The Islamabad High Court had stopped former PC chairman Zaka Ashraf from working and ordered the Inter-Provincial Committee to appoint an acting chairman for the PCB after a plea was filed in the IHC against his election.

The applicant prayed that Ashraf's election be declared null and void as he was elected through unfair means.