Mohsin Naqvi is preparing to oust the “blue-eyed boy” Aqib Javed from Pakistan national team selection | Cricket news
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PCB sacks Aaqib Javed from men’s selection panel after England series defeat. Javed, seen as a key character, is Mohsin Naqvi’s ‘blue-eyed boy’.
Aaqib Javed and Mohsin Naqvi. (AP)
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is reportedly set to sack Aqib Javed from the men’s selection committee in the wake of the team’s defeat to England.
according to PTI, Javed will be the latest casualty in the tour, which has already led to the sacking of head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed and bowling coach Omar Gul, and the return tickets of the seven players who were dropped from the squad after the second Test. Chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq also tendered his resignation after he was reportedly not consulted to replace the seven ruled out players.
But Javid’s dismissal will be the most critical of all. The former cricketer is seen as a heavyweight in the PCB and is seen as the “blue-eyed boy” of its chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who is also Pakistan’s Interior Minister. Naqvi, who is himself under pressure from his senior political officials, is expected to ask Javed to focus on his other job as development director at the Lahore High Performance Centre.
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Ask the news18Aaqib Javed has reportedly been sacked from Pakistan’s men’s selection panel following the team’s defeat to England. This decision comes after the dismissal of others, including coach Sarfaraz Ahmed and bowling coach Omar Gul, and the exclusion of seven players from the squad.
Ask the news1804 Sep 2026 at 7:26 PM IST
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