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PCB BoG approved Rs12.8bn budget in 23 minutes

PCB BoG approved Rs12.8bn budget in 23 minutes

Lahore, Sept 14 (UNI) Decisions over spending billions of rupees were approved in a matter of a few minutes during the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Board of Governors’ (BoG) last two meetings, Dawn has learnt.
Across the two meetings — the first held at the PCB’s headquarters here on July 6 and the second held at the Iqbal Stadium on Thursday — a budget of Rs12.8 billion was approved for the revamping of three stadia to prepare them for hosting the ICC Champions Trophy next year, Pakistani newspaper Dawn report said.
Dawn, however, understands that the duration of the two meetings totalled to a mere 23 minutes, which is unusually short for taking such major decisions. According to sources, the meeting in

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