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Pakistan Cricket Board chief resigns
Lahore, Dec 01: The Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Tauqir Zia resigned today, two days after a television fiasco deprived millions of fans of live coverage of the Pakistan-New Zealand One-Day match.
Lahore, Dec 01: The Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket
Board Tauqir Zia resigned today, two days after a television
fiasco deprived millions of fans of live coverage of the
Pakistan-New Zealand One-Day match.
"Yes, I have resigned from my post because four years is
a long period for which I was in charge. I have other things
to do in my life," Zia told reporters at Gaddafi Stadium here.
Zia awarded television coverage rights to Dubai-based
private channel Geo and ignored the state owned Pakistan
Television (PTV), triggering a row between the two channels
resulting in the first one-day match on Saturday not being
broadcast live.
President Musharraf intervened in the stand-off and it
was resolved yesterday.
Bureau Report