KARACHI: Pakistan’s former captain Rashid Latif has refused a meeting with PCB chairman Najam Sethi who appeared keen to convince the ex-wicketkeeper to take up the chief selector’s post after he had turned down the job early this week.

A reliable source in the Board informed that Sethi had asked former captain Moin Khan to meet with Rashid and convince him to change his mind and also meet with him (Sethi) on Monday in Lahore. “But apparently Moin’s efforts to convince Rashid for a meeting with Sethi have failed because the former captain has reiterated he is no longer interested in becoming the chief selector,” the source confirmed.

“This basically means that the meeting set for Monday will no more be held and now the PCB will have to search for a new chief selector,” the source said.

If reports are to believed, even Sethi has almost given up hope on Rashid joining as chief selector now. “At a meeting held on Friday where Rashid’s issue was discussed, Sethi said it didn’t appear that Rashid was interested in the offer anymore so the matter should be closed now,” sources in PCB said.