The nomination of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Executive Committee Chairman Najam Sethi to the PCB Board of Governors for a three-year term was approved over the weekend.

The nomination of Arif Ejaz, CEO of Adamjee Insurance and KSB Pumps Industries, was also approved.

"Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved nomination of two members, namely Najam Aziz Sethi and Arif Ejaz, to the Board of Governors of the PCB," read a statement posted by the Prime Minister's Office on Facebook on Monday.

The terms of both nominees will start on August 6.

Sethi serves as chairman of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), the second edition of which began in February 2017.

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