May 8 – Zaka Ashraf becomes the PCB’s first elected chairman

May 28 – The Islamabad High Court bars Ashraf from dispensing his duties, following questions over the legality of his appointment

June 13 – High Court upholds Ashraf’s suspension at a subsequent hearing and orders the PCB to name an interim chairman

June 19 – Key decisions are in the lurch, including an MoU that needs to be signed for Pakistan to tour the West Indies for a limited-over series in July

June 23 – Najam Sethi is named PCB’s interim chairman

July 20 – High Court overrules all major decisions taken by Sethi and orders the Election Commission to conduct fresh elections for the chairman post

July 24 – PCB files appeal against High Court decision

September 28 – The ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) names Amir Tariq Zaman Khan the PCB secretary – a role not defined in the PCB constitution – in compliance with the High Court order

October 15 – Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif dissolves the PCB governing board and forms a five-member interim management committee headed by Sethi

October 21 – Islamabad High Court sets November 2 as the deadline for Election Commission to fill the chairman post
November 4 – High Court says Sethi commission can continue working, stays election process

November 17 – Sethi raises conflict-of-interest questions by interviewing Misbah-ul-Haq on his political show Aapas ki Baat

December 17 – High Court reserves judgment on PCB appeal against July 20 ruling

January 15 – High Court reinstates Zaka Ashraf as PCB chairman

February 10 – Najam Sethi returns as PCB chairman, after the patron of the board, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, dismissing the chairman Zaka Ashraf once again and dissolving the board of governors

May 14 – Zaka Ashraf comes under a cloud after an internal audit by the PCB covering his 22-month span as chairman reveals a staggering level of financial extravagance

May 17 – The Islamabad High Court dismisses the order issued by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on February 10 that removed Zaka Ashraf as chairman, paving the way for his return

Courtesy: ESPN CRICINFO