Pakistan's former batter Haroon Rasheed has been appointed as the chief selector of the national selection committee.
Najam Sethi, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), told reporters in Lahore on Monday that Haroon will be heading the new selection committee but the remaining members would be decided later.
Haroon, 69, was also named on the 14-member cricket management committee to run the PCB, on December 22.
"Haroon has now resigned from the management committee as we don't want a conflict of interest as he is now chief selector," Sethi said.
Haroon who played 23 Tests and 12 ODIs for Pakistan had retired as Director of the High Performance Centre of the PCB last year.
The cricket management committee had named Shahid Afridi as interim chief selector soon after coming into power, and Sethi had wanted him to continue on long-term basis but the former all-rounder refused, insisting he had lot of commitments with his foundation and charity work.
Sethi also made it clear that negotiations with Mickey Arthur were still going on and in next two or three days a final announcement would be made on the new head coach of the Pakistan team.