Chaudhry Muhammad Zaka Ashraf ( Punjabi, ur, محمد ذكا اشرف; born 9 September 1952) is a Pakistani executive who was the president of the

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(ZTBL). He was appointed chairman of the

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on 15 October 2011 by the President of Pakistan and took the charge on 27 October 2011. However, on 10 February 2014, the

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dissolved the PCB governing board and sacked him from the chairmanship of PCB. In August 2012, he was elected as chairman Development Committee of

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Early life and education

Zaka has been associated with Pakistan Peoples Party since 1970, under the government of

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourt ...

. While he was in college, he developed close ties with future politician

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, due to their similar political views. Ashraf is an alumnus of the

Sadiq Public School The Sadiq Public School (SPS) is a college-preparatory boarding school located in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It also takes day pupils. It is one of the largest schools in Pakistan and its area of makes it both the largest in the country and i ...

, Bahwalpur, and the Cadet College Petaro, from where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1973.

Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board

Suspension by the Court

On 28 May 2013, the

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stopped Zaka Ashraf from working as

Chairman on the petition of that the election of Zaka as PCB chairman was malafide by the former coach of Pakistan Army Cricket team. Moreover, the IHC had barred him from performing his duties on the grounds that the process of his election was not transparent. On 24 June 2013, the case adjourned till further notice.

Re-appointment

The

reinstated Zaka Ashraf as chairman of the

on 15 January 2014. The decision to reinstate Ashraf was taken by a two-member division bench consisting of

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Noorul Haq Qureshi and

Riaz Ahmed Khan. The court accepted the intra-court appeal against the decision by a single-member bench of IHC consisting of Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui. On 19 July 2013, the Islamabad High Court had declared the appointment of Ashraf "illegal" and directed the acting PCB chief

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to hold elections within 90 days.

References

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