ISLAMABAD: The federal government is likely to appoint Yasir Pirzada, a grade-21 officer from the Inland Revenue Service, as new director general of the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB).
Sources in federal government said that the government has given a go-ahead for appointing Pirzada as new DG.
Pirzada is being appointed as DG of the national sports board in replace of Shoaib Khoso, who was sacked by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in April this year following his alleged fake degree scam.
`The government has okayed his [Pirzada`s] appointment as director general of the PSB; [the] notification will be issued soon,` said an official source.
Pirzada holds a 25-year experience of working at key positions in public sector organisations.
After passing the Central Superior Services (CSS) exam, he was first appointed in the Income Tax Group as assistant commissioner of income tax in 1996. Pirzada belongs to 24 common group of CSS and besides his government service, he is an acclaimed writer and author of five books.
