LAHORE, Jan 23: The refresher course for PCB panel of umpires will be held in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi from Feb 12 to 24.

At Karachi, the course will be held at National Stadium from Feb 12 to 14 in which umpires from Dera Murad Jamali, Dadu, Hyderabad, Karachi, Loralai, Quetta, Shikarpur, Thatta and Sibi will attend.

The course will be conducted by Mahboob Shah, Feroze Butt and Khizer Hayat.

Gaddafi Stadium will be the venue for the second course starting from Feb 17 to 19 which will be held under the supervision of Said Shah, Azhar Hasan and Khizer Hayat will supervise it.

Umpires belonging to Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Lodhra, Faisalabad, Kasur, Khanewal, Lahore, Multan, Sargodha, Sheikhupura and Muridke will attend the Lahore course.

At Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, the course will be conducted from Feb 22 to 24 by Mahboob Shah, Said Shah and Khizer Hayat. for Umpires from Abbotabad, Azad Kashmir, Dera Ismail Khan, Islamabad, Kohat, Mardan, Peshawar and Rawalpindi.

The umpires of Grade-I and II are allowed to attend the course.

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