KARACHI: Pakistan's cricket chief has vowed to safeguard his country's rights after proposed constitutional changes by the game's world governing body, which meets in Hong Kong.
The two-day International Cricket Council (ICC) Executive Board meeting, preceded by a chief executive meeting, will consider two significant changes to the ICC constitution.
If approved, these could hurt Pakistan's interests because the first amendment would allow the ICC to suspend a member country in the event of government interference in the running of a national cricket board.
In Pakistan, the country's president is the cricket board's patron. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh could also be hit by any changes.
The second amendment proposes changes to the process for nomination of the ICC president and vice-president.
Currently, the ICC president is elected from full-member countries on a rotation basis -- Pakistan and Bangladesh have their turn after 2014.
The two-day International Cricket Council (ICC) Executive Board meeting, preceded by a chief executive meeting, will consider two significant changes to the ICC constitution.
If approved, these could hurt Pakistan's interests because the first amendment would allow the ICC to suspend a member country in the event of government interference in the running of a national cricket board.
In Pakistan, the country's president is the cricket board's patron. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh could also be hit by any changes.
The second amendment proposes changes to the process for nomination of the ICC president and vice-president.
Currently, the ICC president is elected from full-member countries on a rotation basis -- Pakistan and Bangladesh have their turn after 2014.
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