The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has spent Rs 33 crore to seek damages from India in an arbitration case, but official documents show that no recovery has been made so far. This is 100 per cent more than the annual budget of Rs 169 million allocated by the PCB for meritorious cricketers in the 2020-21 season.
Although it was promised before the parliamentary panel that an inquiry would be held into why the Pakistan International Cricket Council (PICC) lost its case in the Dispute Resolution Forum (DRF). B did not make any inquiry.
A parliamentary panel had recently asked the PCB to find out which official, without prior preparation, had filed a suit against the PCB management against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for Rs 4.5 billion in damages. Had suggested
Ehsan Mani, the current chairman of the PCB, had himself admitted that Pakistan had not completed its preparations before claiming billions of rupees. The BCCI had failed to meet its formal obligations, including during 2014. The two countries had promised to hold six bilateral cricket series.
Minister for Inter-Ministerial Liaison Dr. Fehmida Mirza in her written reply made shocking revelations that the PCB had paid 1.5 1.53 million to the BCCI for litigation under the DRF orders.
According to Dr Mirza's revelations, the PCB also paid 60% of the DRF's expenses to the ICC, valued at 11 113.757 million. In his reply, the Minister also said that the PCB has paid Rs. 7 crore to various law firms (legal companies) and to the travel expenses and formalities of the PCB officials participating in the ongoing legal litigation abroad. Spent too much.
According to Dr Mirza, the PCB sought legal opinion from England and Wales, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates for legal litigation and filed a suit before the DRC.
He said Ibrahim & Hussain received Rs. 26.2 million in fees, Clifford Chance LLP Rs. 30.4 million, Lord Punk QC Rs. 4.6 million, while Afridi & Engel provided legal assistance to the PCB management. Received Rs. 0.711 million in fees.
Dr. Mirza further informed the Parliament that the PCB officials spent another Rs. 10 million for travel and accommodation in Dubai. National Assembly member Saad Waseem, who questioned the PCB officials on the matter, said, "We want a comprehensive investigation into the 3 330 million loss on this issue and want to know if there are any defects." But who is responsible for this? The PCB should form a committee to investigate the matter and the matter should not be suppressed.
He said that on one issue, the PCB management replied to him, "The PCB had provided sensitive information to Parliament in February 2015 regarding the salaries and salaries of its employees, but it is unfortunate that the intelligence is electronic." And the information reached the print media and this information was distorted and various allegations were leveled against the PCB, so in view of this situation, details cannot be provided to the parliament.
Former PCB chairman Lt Gen (retd) Tauqeer Zia said the PCB should conduct a thorough investigation into the matter.
