A meeting of Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Board of Governors (BoG) was held in Lahore on Saturday which was chaired by Chairman Mohsin Naqvi.  In the meeting, the members of BoGs expressed gratitude to PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi over reconstruction of Gaddafi Stadium with a lightning speed in a record period of 117 days.  The BoG members congratulated Mohsin Naqvi and the entire PCB team on the completion of Gaddafi Stadium equipped with modern facilities. 

BoG members said “You have made the impossible possible and all the propaganda has died down.”   BoG members said such a beautiful stadium has been built in a very short period of time only through hard work. “We ourselves are surprised and cannot believe that the stadium has been erebuilt,” the BoG members said.  Thanking members, Mohsin Naqvi said this was not his individual accomplishment but the credit went to the entire team.   Mohsin Naqvi said he was grateful to Allah Almighty that their sincere efforts have borne fruit.

“I did not care about criticism and moved forward with the help of Allah Almighty,” Mohsin Naqvi said.  “My entire team, especially the workers, turned the dream into a reality,” Mohsin Naqvi said.  Various PCB matters were approved in the meeting and the decisions of the previous meeting of the Board of Governors were ratified.  At the end of the meeting, Anwar Ghani offered a special prayer. 

The meeting was attended by Chief Operating Officer Sameer Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer PSL Salman Naseer, Chief Financial Officer Javed Murtaza, Board of Governors members Zaheer Abbas, Anwar Ghani, Daniyal Gilani, Tariq Sarwar, Sajjad Ali Khokhar, Zafarullah and others.  Meanwhile, PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi in a tweet expressed happiness over the participation of three former board heads in the inauguration ceremony of Gaddafi Stadium. 

In his message on X, Mohsin Naqvi said that it is an honor for us that former chairman Najam Sethi, Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf and Ramiz Raja participated in the inauguration ceremony.   PCB Chairman said the participation of former chairmen in the inauguration ceremony has doubled the splendor of the ceremony.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)