LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hired renowned sports journalist Aaliya Rasheed as its new media director, Dawn learnt on Monday.

Aaliya, who worked with the board for a short period in 2009, has been roped in after Umar Farooq Kalson, who was hired by the board’s interim Management Committee chief Zaka Ashraf two months ago, was removed from the position.

Umar, however, is still a PCB employee but his role is unclear. His predecessor Sami-ul-Hasan Burney, a former International Cricket Council media director who worked in the role for the PCB from 2019 to July this year, is also still attached with the board after being moved to the special projects department, which means the board is paying heavy salaries to at least two redundant resources.

Former PCB chief executive Faisal Hasnain and ex director international cricket Zakir Khan were also shifted to the special projects department by Zaka when he took charge almost 70 days ago. Faisal, however, has left the PCB and is in the United Kingdom nowadays.

Published in Dawn, October 3rd, 2023