Zaka Ashraf
Chaudhry Muhammad Zaka Ashraf (Punjabi, ; born 9 September 1952) is a Pakistani executive who was the president of the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL). He was appointed chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board on 15 October 2011 by the President of Pakistan and took the charge on 27 October 2011. However, on 10 February 2014, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif dissolved the PCB governing board and sacked him for the chairmanship of PCB. In August 2012, has been elected as chairman Development Committee of Asian Cricket Council. Early life. Ashraf was born September 9, 1952, in  Mandi Bahauddin, Pakistan, as the son of a wealthy industrialist and local politician Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf (1925-1983). His great uncle Choudhry Rahmet Ali was a close associate of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Zaka has been associated with Pakistan Peoples Party since 1970, under the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. While he was in college, he developed close ties with future politician Asif Ali Zardari, due to their similar political views. Zaka Ashraf graduated from Cadet College Petaro with a bachelor's degree in 1973. After his father's death in November 1983, Zaka inherited his late father's fortune and  became the Chairman of Ashraf Sugar Mills. Political career. Zaka served as the Advisor of the Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah from 1988 to 1990. As the head of ZTBL, he promoted the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd Cricket Team, who performed very well in domestic cricket matches. Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board. Suspension by the Court. The Islamabad High Court stopped Zaka Ashraf from working as Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman on the petition of that the election of Zaka as PCB chairman was malafide by the former coach of Pakistan Army Cricket team. Moreover, the IHC had  barred him from performing his duties on the grounds that the process of his election was not transparent. On 24 June 2013, the case adjourned till further notice. Re-Appointment. The Islamabad High Court reinstated Zaka Ashraf as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board on 15 January 2014. The decision to reinstate Ashraf was taken by a two-member division bench consisting of Justice Noorul Haq Qureshi and Justice Riaz Ahmed Khan. The court accepted the intra-court appeal against the decision by a single-member bench of IHC consisting of Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui. On 19 July 2013, the  Islamabad High Court had declared the appointment of Ashraf "illegal" and directed the acting PCB chief Najam Sethi to hold elections within 90 days. Education. Ashraf is an alumnus of the Sadiq Public School, Bahwalpur, and the Cadet College Petaro. Family. His father Chaudhrey Ashraf died in November 1983, and Zaka got his late father’s fortune.