Islamabad, July 14: The Auditor General of Pakistan has exposed a number of financial irregularities running into millions of rupees, illegal appointments and award of contracts in the Pakistan Cricket Board.The Audit report has mentioned several instance of irregularities including a payment of 63.39 million rupees to the police for meals for providing security during international matches.
The report also mentioned unauthorised appointment of three coaches in the under -16 age group at the high performance centre in Karachi for a total salary of 5.4 million rupees, and irregular award of ticketing contracts without open competition.
The PCB during the fiscal year June 2023 and July 2024 has had two separate chairmen in Zaka Ashraf and Mohsin Naqvi.
Since former test captain Ramiz Raja was removed as Chairman in December 2022 the PCB has had three Chairmen including Najam Sethi from December 2022 to June 2023, Zaka Ashraf June 2023 to January 2024 and Mohsin Naqvi February 2024 to date.