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PCB urged to
declare separate regional status for Peshawar
PESHAWAR—Chairman Pakistan
Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday urged to declare separate regional status
for Peshawar because of its growing population and emerging bunch of
international repute cricketers.
The demand was made through an unanimously adopted resolution at an
emergency meeting of the Peshawar District Cricket Association (PDCA)
held here on Monday with its President Asghar Ali Khan in the chair. The
meeting was attended by Secretary PDCA Hanif Shah, Senior Vice President
Asif Nadeem, Vice President Ubaid Usman, Joint Secretary Haris Fawad,
Treasurer Asif Khan, members of Executive Committee Muhammad Nazir, Alam
Zaib and Shakeel Ahmed and representatives of all the clubs affiliated
with the district. The resolution urged Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board
Dr. Nasim Ashraf to announce a separate status for Peshawar like other
big cities - Karachi and Lahore. “There should be a separate team
looking after the growing population and the performance of the district
in the field of cricket,” the resolution stated.
The meeting expressed grave concern over decline in the performance of
Peshawar team during the domestic cricket and demanded of the Chairman
to intervene in order to safeguard the image of the district.
Peshawar won twice the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and remained two time
runners-up besides winning the One-Day Cricket Trophy, Under-19 and
Senior Inter-District Tournament and produced prominent cricketers who
are serving the country in the cricketing world.
If required steps were not taken the standard of cricket in Peshawar
district would further declined, the resolution added. Karachi and
Lahore have two teams each and Peshawar is the third big city but it has
not a single team due to which deserving players could not find their
place in the final 11-member team, it added.
The City also rendered its services as far as promotion of the game is
concerned and produced players like Younis khan, Yasir Hameed, Umer Gul,
Maazullah Khan, Farrukh Zaman, Zakir Khan, Arshad Khan, Kabir Khan,
Wajahatullah Wasti, Fazale Akbar, Akhtar Sarfaraz, Waseem Yousfi, Riaz
Afrid etc.—Online |
