The Pakistan Cricket Board has decreased the number of umpires included in the domestic elite penal.
According to reports, a committee of PCB comprising Zakir Khan, Saqib Irfan, Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf, has decided to include 20 umpires in the panel instead of 27, demoting 10 umpires owing to the complaints of the teams playing matches during the previous season of national cricket.
The umpires who have been given place in the elite panel include Aftab Gilani, Akmal Hyatt, Saqib Khan, Majid Hussain, and Sajid Afridi.
Islam Khan, Masood Khan, Akbar Khan, Jameel Kamran, Iqbal Butt, Meer Dad, and Aijaz are among the umpires who have been transferred from elite panel to grade one panel.
Two famous umpires, Shakeel Khan and Rasheed Bhatti have retired from their position.
