*KARACHI *- Justice (retd) Syed Afzal Haider has taken charge as interimchairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board after Najam Sethi’s resignation.

Haider — who is tasked with conducting elections for the new chairman ofthe board — will inform the PCB’s Board of Governors (BoG) about theprocedure and schedule for elections on the next working day, after EidulAzha holidays.

According to constitution of PCB, the election commissioner has to conductelections for new chairman within four weeks.

Earlier Sethi had resigned from his post as PCB chairman after PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan took oath as the new primeminister of the country.

Soon after the resignation tendered by Najam Sethi, Premier Khan nominatedformer International Cricket Council (ICC) President Ehsan Mani as the newchairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).