LAHORE: Replacing Aalia Rasheed, Sami Burney has been made Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Media Director.
Aalia Rasheed had earlier announced her resignation from her in a X-(Twitter) post.
Dear friends, I have resigned as Director Media & Communications PCB.
— Aalia Rasheed (@aaliaaaliya) April 5, 2024
Aliya Rasheed was the first woman to lead the media department and was appointed during PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf’s term.
Sources claimed there was a lot of pressure on Alia Rasheed after she released the statement about captaincy without asking Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Sami Burney has previously served as media director of the PCB.
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Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed Sami Ul Hasan Burney as the new Director – Media and Communications.
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) April 5, 2024


