Bokhari to contest for KCCA President

by Ubaid-ur-Rehman Awan

KARACHI: Current secretary of KCCA Siraj ul Islam Bokhari will contest for KCCA President Seat in Saturday’s general elections of Karachi City Cricket Association.

General elections of KCCA will be held in National stadium on Saturday where Siraj ul Islam Bokhari is the lone candidate for the seat of President after Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah was disqualified by Sindh High Court today. Munir Hussain, who was the covering candidate for Dr. Shah was failed to submit his documents to PCB election commissioner Abdul Sami Khan before 5:00pm today.

Prof. Ejaz Farooqui and Riaz uddin Shah will fight for Secretary Seat of KCCA while Mehdi Hasan Khan is the lone candidate for Treasurer.

SHC dismisses Dr. Shah petition

by Ubaid-ur-Rehman Awan

KARACHI: Sindh High Court today has dismissed petition of Sports Minister of Sindh Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah and said that Dr. Shah does not qualify for the presidential elections of KCCA.

Sindh High Court Justice Musheer Alam has said in his decision that Pakistan Cricket Board rules for elections are right and as per the law no sitting MNA (Member of National Assembly) or MPA (Member of Provincial Assembly) can take part in city cricket associations’ elections.

Saifee Ali, lawyer of Dr. Shah told The Sports Encounter that SHC said in its decision that the 2003 and 2007 laws of PCB for elections are right and Dr. Shah cannot take part in the elections. She further said that Munir Hussain, covering candidate for Dr. Shah will contest in tomorrow’s presidential election of Karachi City Cricket Association.

On the other hand when The Sports Encounter contacted the secretary of KCCA Siraj ul Islam Bukhari, “he said, we were not ready for this situation as we are not expecting this decision. We have already called an emergency meeting after Friday prayers and we will decide about our candidate for tomorrow’s election. Munir Hussain is not our candidate yet.”

It is pertinent to mention here that, three years back Munir Hussain was the president of KCCA and Dr. Shah replace him as president and he was not MPA at that time.

PCB Election Commissioner Abdul Sami Khan has made it clear that date for filing of nomination form will not be extended and it is important for all the candidates to submit their forms today by 5:00pm. Elections will be held Saturday morning at 10:00pm in National Stadium Karachi.

Allegation, counter allegation polluting cricket environment

By Ubaid-ur-Rehman Awan

KARACHI: Allegations and counter allegations are on the KCCA front as KCCA Secretary Sirajul Islam Bukhari and Shah Riazuddin are at loggerheads.
The other day Bukhari refuted a statement issued by Riazuddin in which he had leveled serious allegation against Bukhari of misusing KCCA authorities as also embezzling its account and misusing power.
In reply through legal notice, the KCCA Secretary Bukhari refuted all such allegations.

However, Shah Riazuddin replied with a legal notice and again repeated the same allegation as also sought a reply from Bukhari.

The new legal notice placed on Bukhari has said that he is involved in cheating with the Govt in the year 1985-86 matches between West Indies and Pakistan when he was caught for selling ticket without excise duty and paid a penalty of Rs sixty thousand imposed by the Director Collector in the open court of Excise.

In his notice, Riazuddin has said that it is also on the record that Bukhari has detailed scrutiny by the PCB, Disciplinary committee in 1993 and was fund guilty.
He said a news is also circulating among the cricketers that amount released by PCB for the five KCCA grounds are also being misused by Bukhari.

Bukhari personal servants are getting salary from the KCCA. KCCA has three account so Riazuddin has questioned as to why three accounts for a single association.

He has also charged that Mr Bukhari has embezzled KCCA money worth over nineteen lakh.

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Dr. M.A.Shah disqualified for KCCA polls, other may also be hit

By Ubaid-ur-Rehman Awan

Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) while rejecting a request of Dr. Mohammed Ali Shah, President KCCA for exempting him from the PCB laws and allow him to take part in the elections, has disqualified him and imposed ban on his taking part in the elections of Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) scheduled to be held in the last week of this month. In this connection PCB has issued a formal letter to Dr. Shah.

The letter which was received by Dr. Shah on Tuesday said that under the rules of PCB no MPA,MNA.minister or government functionary can hold offices of the PCB’s district, regional and provincial set-ups. Under this rule, the present KCCA president, Dr M.A Shah can not hold any office in the BCP as he is MPA and minister in the Sindh government..

The PCB informed Dr. Shah that the request for exemption has been rejected because there is no provision in the PCB law to accommodate his request.
This letter of PCB may also create hurdle for all those including Sirajul Islam Bukhari, who had been continuously being elected as secretary of KCCA likely to be hurt.

Commenting on the latest PCB letter, Sirajul Islam Bukhari said that the letter will not affect the status of candidates presently contesting the elections. He said if Dr, Shah is affected, an alternative candidate will be fielded in his place.
When tried, Dr. Shah could not be contacted as his office and relatives said that he is indisposed for the last few days.

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Dr Shah cannot contest elections

LAHORE: The Sindh Sports Minister Dr Mohammad Ali Shah will be disqualified automatically if he submits his nomination papers for the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) elections, the date for which has already been extended until May 21.

“The Election Commission has already informed the KCCA regarding Pakistan Cricket Board’s rules for the nomination of the elections,” Sami Khan told The Express Tribune. “Anyone who is an MNA, MPA and Senator will not be able to play any role in the city’s cricket association and this rule has is applicable all across the country.”

The Express Tribune has learnt that Dr Shah, who is currently the president of the KCCA, is likely to submit his nomination paper for the same spot. “I can’t say anything until or unless he submits the nomination paper but if he does he automatically gets disqualified as per the ruling.” Earlier, former president of the Lahore City Cricket Association Aamir Khan Rokhari, who was also an MPA, was disqualified under the same rules but he instead moved to court and sought a stay order against the ruling.

But in the wake of a surprise ruling by the PCB, several clubs deemed Rokhari’s campaign to be over and therefore the zonal groups in Lahore joined other groups.

Published in the Express Tribune, May 11th, 2010.

KCCA election: Dr Shah’s future bleak, Bukhari enjoys majority support

By Ubaid-ur-Rehman Awan

KARACHI: Karachi City Cricket Association 7th Zone KCCA Central Election will be held from May 21 at the National Stadium.

According to sources Sindh Minister for Sports and KCCA acting President Dr Muhammad Ali Shah will not be eligible to take part in the election as the rules of Karachi Cricket Board state that no MPA or MNA can take part in the elections held at district or provincial level.

Despite of that, KCCA has nominated Dr Shah for the post of president, Siraj-ul-Islam Bukhari as secretary and Mehdi Hassan as treasurer.

On the other side, Zone 5 Chairman Khalid Nafees will not take part in the up coming election. Instead of him, Ifthikhar Alzaman Khan who currently serves as the treasurer will contest election for the office of Chairman.

KCCA Zone 4 faces an interesting situation, presently in this Zone S M Adil is Chairman, Mussarat Hussain is the secretary and Ateeq Siddiqui is the treasurer; the upcoming election might see the ‘current regime’ up against each other. Sources suggest that the zonal chairman wants to maintain the current setup for the next term.

However, the treasurer, Ateeq Siddiqui doesn’t seem happy with this decision as he has his eyes set on the post of the secretary of the zone. Sources further revealed that if a deal between the chairman and Ateeq Siddiqui doesn’t work out, Ateeq may join hands with other clubs and erect a separate panel against the chairman.

Presently Zone 4 has 36 registered clubs which are all accepted by PCB and the majority of these clubs are not satisfied with the performance of Secretary Mussarat Hussain because of his lack of interest in the zone’s matters.

No major changes are expected in other zones of KCCA. In Zone 1 Umer Siddiqui is nominated for chairman, Aftab Ahmed Khan for secretary and Shahid Rashid for treasure.

In Zone 2 Prof Ejaz Farooqui will be nominated for the office of chairman, Jamil Ahmed for the post of secretary and Afzal Shari is for treasurer.
In Zone 3 Raziq Urf Musheer Rabbani will contest for the office of chairman, Abdul Hameed Khatri for secretary and Afzal Qureshi Khan is nominated for treasurer.
In Zone 6 present chairman Akram Khan, secretary Azam Khan and the treasurer Muhammad Saleem will contest for the same posts. KCCA Zone 7 office bearers may also remain the same.