LAHORE – Pakistan’s centrally-contracted cricketers will contribute Rs 5 million to the nationwide authorities’s emergency fund to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani on Wednesday mentioned that aside from centrally-contracted gamers contributing Rs 5 million, the staff within the board, as much as the senior supervisor stage, will contribute their sooner or later’s wage. These employed as common managers or on greater posts will give two days’ wage to the fund.” The PCB will gather all these funds and deposit it to the federal government’s coronavirus fund,” he mentioned. Pakistan has recorded greater than 1,000 constructive instances of the lethal virus, which has claimed greater than 19,000 lives all around the world.” It’s the historical past of the cricket board that we at all times stand by the federal government in tough instances,” Mani mentioned. The PCB has already given its excessive performances centre in Karachi on the nationwide stadium for use by paramedical employees working on the particular coronavirus hospital arrange on the expo centre within the within the metropolis. Mani mentioned although cricket has been disrupted by the virus outbreak however it was much more necessary for the nation to face by the federal government and likewise take all precautionary steps in the course of the pandemic. Pakistan’s centrally-contracted gamers are entitled to month-to-month salaries starting from Rs 5 to 12 lakh moreover match price and different earnings.
