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IHC suspends order for disclosure of cricketers’ salaries, perks

dawn.com · 6dShare

ISLAMABAD: The Isla­mabad High Court on Tuesday suspended a Pakistan Information Comm­ission (PIC) order that directed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to make public its annual budgets, audit reports, remuneration of national players, selection committee members, and expenditure on the T20 World Cup 2026. A single-member bench of Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar issued notices to respondents for September 22, 2026, while taking up a writ petition filed by the PCB through Advocate Kashif Ali Malik. The court stayed the operation of the PIC’s July 9 ruling until the next hearing. The PCB contended that the impugned order was passed in excess of jurisdiction and in violation of the Right of Access to Information Act, 2017. It argued that the Commission had failed to distinguish between information liable to proactive disclosure under Section 5 and information protected under statutory exemptions relating to personal privacy, confidential contractual arrangements, commercially

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