PCB Sacks Domestic Teams Mentors Including Waqar Younis, Misbah Ul Haq
The PCB had asked these former cricketers to dedicate a certain number of days to work as mentors with their respective domestic teams while they were also allowed to take up media roles and other assignments.
According to reports, these mentors were being paid a monthly salary of Pakistani rupees 5 million.
'Apparently, at the briefing, the consensus was that the money spent on the mentors was not being justified as they had not delivered anything of value until now,' the source said.
The source added that those who attended the meeting weren't happy with the fact that Malik insisted on playing in the national T20 championship and lead Sialkot instead of focussing on his job only as a mentor.
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