PCB Revamps Selection Committee with Additions of Aleem Dar, Aaqib Javed, and Azhar Mahmood

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a new set of members for the men's selection committee, including Aleem Dar, Aaqib Javed, Azhar Ali, and Hasan Cheema. This decision comes following the resignation of Mohammad Yousuf from the panel. The appointments mark the latest in a series of changes to the selection committee this year, with a shift towards eliminating coaches' input in squad selection.

While Asad Shafiq and Cheema were already part of the selection committee, Cheema has also been given voting rights now.

The selection panel had been restructured only earlier this year - with no chief selector - under PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi but has since seen Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razzaq sacked after Pakistan's early exit from the T20 World Cup in June, without naming any replacements. Yousuf's resignation at the end of last month also did not see a replacement then, which left Shafiq as the only voting member outside of the captains and coaches.

The appointment of the new voting members comes within a couple of hours after Pakistan's innings-and-47-run defeat to England in the first Test in Multan, becoming the first team in Test history to lose a Test by an innings after scoring over 550 in first attempt.

Pakistan have now slipped to the bottom of the WTC points table with only 16 points from eight games.

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