Salima Imtiaz becomes the first Pakistan ICC female international umpire

Saleema Imtiaz has become the first Pakistani woman to be nominated to the ICC international panel of development umpires. Imtiaz's nomination makes her eligible to officiate in women's bilateral international matches and ICC women's events. Her first on-field appearance in a bilateral series will be in the T20I series between Pakistan and South Africa starting on Monday in Multan. "The excursion has been loaded up with difficult work and individual penances, yet presently, remaining at the cusp of this new part, everything feels worth the effort," Imtiaz said in an explanation delivered by the PCB. "This isn't simply a success for me, it's a success for each hopeful female cricketer and umpire in Pakistan. I trust my prosperity propels endless ladies who fantasy about transforming the game. This second mirrors the developing impact of ladies in cricket and the PCB's obligation to cultivating that turn of events." Imtiaz is the mother of Kainat Imtiaz, who has played 40 worldwide games for Pakistan up until this point. The senior Imtiaz has directed in 22 T20Is up until this point, 16 on field and in six as the television umpire. Her latest game as the on-field umpire was the Ladies' Asia Cup last in Dambulla, between Sri Lanka and India, in the wake of directing in three others games in the competition. "Since Kainat made her presentation for Pakistan in 2010, my own fantasy has been to address my country at a worldwide level," she said. "While I've had valuable open doors with the Asian Cricket Board, administering at the most elevated level has forever been a definitive objective. I'm presently centered around performing as well as could be expected in both reciprocal and ICC matches, and fabricating my standing as a dependable and regarded match official." Imtiaz started her umpiring vocation with the PCB ladies' board in 2008 and she had directed in the 2022 Asia Cup and the 2023 ACC Arising Ladies' Cup in Hong Kong also. Ahmed Shahab, Khalid Mehmood Sr., Rana Muhammad Arshad and Qaiser Waheed have been elevated to the PCB Tip top Board of Umpires from the PCB Advantageous Board of Umpires. Qaiser will supplant Shozab Raza, who will resign on 31 October. The four umpires to be advanced from the improvement board to the strengthening board are: Anser Mahmood (with impact from 1 November), Jamshid Iqbal, Naseer Ahmed and Zeeshan Arif.