Pakistan Cricket Board has introduced the newest modifications within the PCB Gamers’ Welfare Coverage. PCB chairman Ramiz Raza has revealed that the retired gamers will now obtain a rise of PKR100,000 throughout all three pension classes underneath the PCB Gamers’ Welfare Coverage.
The reforms come days after the previous gamers had appealed to the board to assessment their earlier pension coverage. The previous gamers had urged the board to extend their pension quantity, bearing in mind the current inflation and devaluation of the Pakistani foreign money.
The most recent reforms imply that the gamers who represented Pakistan in 10 or fewer Assessments will now obtain an elevated sum of PKR142,000. Gamers with 11-20 Check caps will get PKR148,000, and gamers with greater than 21 or extra appearances in red-ball cricket will obtain PKR154,000.
One of many important modifications within the coverage is the switch of pension to the widow of the deceased gamers. Earlier the authorized inheritor was supplied with a lump sum quantity equalling the participant’s 12-month pension quantity.
PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja is delighted to ship on folks’s expectations
“It offers me immense pleasure and happiness to announce the rise in pension quantities and different amendments to the PCB Gamers’ Welfare Coverage. With a former cricketer on the helm of Pakistan cricket affairs, the expectation was that I’ll at all times defend and take care of the pursuits and welfare of all current and previous cricketers. I’m delighted that I’ve been capable of fulfill one other of my commitments and have amended the coverage in such a method that there’ll now be an annual enhance within the pension quantities,” mentioned Raja as quoted by PCB’s official web site.
“Whereas bettering the pension quantities, we’ve additionally ensured safety for a cricketer’s widow. As a former cricketer, I do know and perceive the sacrifices of the households, notably the spouses that enable cricketers to satisfy their ambitions and goals of representing their nation on the highest stage. I’m assured this incremental enhance within the pension coverage will give a number of peace and satisfaction to the cricketers in addition to their households,” he added.
PCB began its pension program for the Check cricketers again in 2004. Initially, it was just for the good thing about gamers who had represented Pakistan until 1978. However in 2010, it included all of the gamers who reached the age of 60.
