LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday withdrew its injunction against the election of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman and allowed the government to hold elections for the post.
During the hearing, Justice Anwar Hussain heard all the arguments and gave a verdict on the application for injunction against the elections.
The court then sent the unanimous petitions to Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Atta Bandial.
Last week, the Lahore High Court suspended the notification of the Board of Governors and stopped the election of the Chairman.
He also issued notices to the Federal Government, Election Commissioner of PCB and others.
One Malik Zulfikar’s petition contended that Chief Election Commissioner Shahzad Farooq Rana made several changes in the list of BOGs, which was finalized by the Interim Management Committee on June 20.
It alleged that the action of the Chief Election Commissioner was illegal.
In the application, the court was requested for an injunction in this regard, which the court granted.
It should be noted that last week the Balochistan High Court had also stayed the election of the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board till further order.
Earlier, the PCB postponed the election for its new chairman after a two-member bench of the Balochistan High Court issued an injunction last week.
Chief Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Amir Nawaz issued an order to stop the elections till July 17.
The court will hear arguments again on July 17 due to the Eid-ul-Adha holidays and the two-week summer vacation for the court.
