As per decision of members of the PCB Governing Board Saleem Altaf has been relieved from his duties as Chief Operating Officer (COO) with immediate effect.
Wasim Bari will be the acting Chief Operating Officer till further orders, says a PCB press released issued here on Tuesday. Former bowler Saleem Altaf was working as Chief Operating Officer (COO) but after the move was approved by a majority of the board's governing council, he was relieved from his duties as COO.
The board's director of human resources, Wasim Bari, has subsequently been appointed as acting COO. Saleem Altaf was first appointed manager of the Pakistan team to India in early 2005 before taking over as Director PCB. The then PCB Chairman Shahryar Khan, however, sidelined Altaf and appointed him as director special projects to look after matters relating to the 2011 World Cup.
It is second time that Altaf has been removed from his position, after being dismissed by ex-chairman Dr. Nasim Ashraf in June last year for allegedly leaking sensitive information to the press.
However, he appealed his termination in the Lahore High Court and Supreme Court at the time, which resulted in him being reinstated.
Altaf played 21 Test matches and six ODIs for Pakistan and is the third former player who has either resigned or been removed from a key PCB post over the past three months.
Abdul Qadir resigned as chief selector during the World Twenty20 in June while Aamer Sohail quit as director of the National Cricket Academy.
Earlier this year, Javed Miandad resigned as PCB's Director General due to differences about the responsibilities and powering sharing formula, however, Miandad again part and parcel of the PCB by holding key portfolio as Director General.