LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Executive Officer, Wasim Khan has announced that over the next three months he will donate 1.5 million to help former players, match officials and ground staff who are facing financial issues.
As per details, Wasim took the decision to make this donation as a way of giving back to the game’s key stakeholders at a time when there was a greater need.
Wasim Khan said that he had decided to personally make a donation to support those players, scorers match officials, and ground staff who are in dire need of financial help.
He further said “This small contribution is to help the Chairman’s Welfare Fund that is already in place and to show solidarity with him as we look to give as much support to those who are facing hardships in these tough economic crises.
He said, “After the past culture of all PCB staff receiving substantial annual incremental increases, we have made a decision to tighten our expenditure over the next 12 months and the only award increases to staffers who earn Rs 100,000 a month or less. This will begin from the new fiscal year, which starts on 1 July 2020.”
PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani said that he appreciates Wasim Khan’s gesture and commend him for leading by example.
Wasim’s actions show that he is not only a good leader but one who thinks and cares about the well being of past and present players and other stakeholders, he added. He said Wasim’s generosity will support cricketers in these difficult times.
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