Mohsin Naqvi Turns Dictator? Ex-PAK Captain Hit With Case For Criticising PCB Boss | Cricket News

PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi (Picture Credit: AP)

Pakistan’s cybercrime agency, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), has launched an investigation against former men’s captain Rashid Latif for critical comments on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and its chief Mohsin Naqvi. Latif, who had blamed the PCB for a ‘divide and rule’ strategy by regularly changing the team captains, recorded his statements with the NCCIA on Wednesday (November 19).

Latif played 37 Tests and 166 ODIs for Pakistan in a highly controversial career, where he was suspected of being part of many match-fixing dealings before becoming a self-annointed crusader against all corruption in the sport. He even worked as a wicket-keeping coach with the team for a few weeks.

“Former wicket keeper Rashid Latif has recorded his statement in two inquiries against him in Islamabad and Lahore,” NCCIA spokesperson Najeebullah Hasan said in a statement issued here on Wednesday.

Naqvi is one of the strongest figures in Pakistan. Apart from being the PCB and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chief, he holds the post of Federal Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control, while also being a media mogul.

Since his retirement, Latif has been a regular critic of all things Pakistan cricket, making regular statements on YouTube, social media, and even to Indian media houses.

“Shaheen Shah Afridi named ODI captain. Divide and rule policy is a political strategy to gain and maintain power by creating and exploiting divisions within a population, such as religious, ethnic, cricket teams, or class differences,” he had written on X.

He has also taken more direct jibes at Naqvi, mentioning how PCB risked an ICC ban by having a politician as its chairman.

Pakistan are currently playing a T20 tri-series at home against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. It began on Tuesday with a comfortable win for the hosts in Rawalpindi.

Naqvi is said to have played a crucial role in convincing the Sri Lankan team to stay for the series when some of their players wanted to return home in light of the Islamabad suicide bombings.