The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has reportedly ordered Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) acting chairman Najam Sethi to conduct fresh board elections within three months.
According to the Dawn, an IHC judge said that he hoped that the former caretaker chief minister of Punjab province would conduct free and fair elections in the PCB within 90 days.
Following the court's direction to the government to replace Mohammad Zaka Ashraf, terming his election as 'polluted', Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appointed Sethi, a prominent political analyst, last month.
Sethi also attended ICC's Board meeting last week after the court stopped Ashraf from going, the report added.
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