<p> Lahore: The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) Cricket Management Committee, Zaka Ashraf, has stepped down from the post just two weeks before his extension was to expire.</p>.<p> Zaka had been heading the CMC since July and the government gave it an extension in November until February 4, but on Friday, Zaka submitted his resignation.</p>.<p> He announced his resignation at the meeting of the CMC in Lahore.</p>.PCB asked not to offer long-term contract to Mohammad Hafeez.<p> During his rocky tenure, the Pakistan team faltered in the Asia Cup and World Cup and faced a spate of defeats including their fourth straight loss in the ongoing T20 series in Christchurch, New Zealand.</p>.<p> More importantly, neither the CMC headed by Zaka nor the one led by Najam Sethi was able to complete the task of forming a Board of Governors and hold election for the post of a permanent chairman.</p>.<p> Even the government, through its ministry of inter provincial coordination (sports), had expressed its displeasure with the working of the board under the outgoing chairman.</p>.<p> The resignation came just three days after the ministry stopped Zaka from holding a CMC meeting wherein he was supposed to form the Board of Governors (BoGs), which is the first step to hold the elections of PCB chairman for a three-year term.</p>.<p> In the meeting, Ashraf highlighted the 'milestones' accomplished during his tenure, including a 'significant increase' in PCB contributions from the ICC, the visit of the Indian cricket board officials to Pakistan, the home team securing the number one spot in ICC one-day international rankings, Pakistan hosting the Asia Cup after 15 years, and reaching an accord with Cricket Australia (CA) on player development.</p>.<p> The members were briefed on the PCB affairs and financial matters, the statement added.</p>
<p> Lahore: The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) Cricket Management Committee, Zaka Ashraf, has stepped down from the post just two weeks before his extension was to expire.</p>.<p> Zaka had been heading the CMC since July and the government gave it an extension in November until February 4, but on Friday, Zaka submitted his resignation.</p>.<p> He announced his resignation at the meeting of the CMC in Lahore.</p>.PCB asked not to offer long-term contract to Mohammad Hafeez.<p> During his rocky tenure, the Pakistan team faltered in the Asia Cup and World Cup and faced a spate of defeats including their fourth straight loss in the ongoing T20 series in Christchurch, New Zealand.</p>.<p> More importantly, neither the CMC headed by Zaka nor the one led by Najam Sethi was able to complete the task of forming a Board of Governors and hold election for the post of a permanent chairman.</p>.<p> Even the government, through its ministry of inter provincial coordination (sports), had expressed its displeasure with the working of the board under the outgoing chairman.</p>.<p> The resignation came just three days after the ministry stopped Zaka from holding a CMC meeting wherein he was supposed to form the Board of Governors (BoGs), which is the first step to hold the elections of PCB chairman for a three-year term.</p>.<p> In the meeting, Ashraf highlighted the 'milestones' accomplished during his tenure, including a 'significant increase' in PCB contributions from the ICC, the visit of the Indian cricket board officials to Pakistan, the home team securing the number one spot in ICC one-day international rankings, Pakistan hosting the Asia Cup after 15 years, and reaching an accord with Cricket Australia (CA) on player development.</p>.<p> The members were briefed on the PCB affairs and financial matters, the statement added.</p>