Overview
- The Islamabad High Court granted an interim stay on the Pakistan Information Commission order on Tuesday, blocking release of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s requested financial and contract records.
- The PIC had directed the PCB on July 9 to disclose annual budgets for 2023–26, detailed expenditure break‑downs, player and employee contracts and salaries, travel records for the 2026 T20 World Cup, and spending on the Iqbal Stadium upgrade.
- The PCB told the court that publishing remuneration figures and confidential contractual terms would cause irreversible commercial harm and breach the privacy of third parties, and it cited statutory exemptions in the Right of Access to Information Act.
- The court issued notices to the PIC and the petitioner and adjourned further proceedings, so the PIC order remains on the books but cannot be enforced while the dispute is litigated.
- Transparency advocates point out that the PCB stopped posting detailed financial reports after Mohsin Naqvi became chairman in 2024, a shift that has heightened scrutiny and could shape how sports bodies in Pakistan balance public access with commercial confidentiality.