‘#Unpaidera’: Former Multan Sultans owner Ali Tareen exposes major PSL financial crisis in shocking allegation

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KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Former PSL owner Ali Tareen claims PSL event staff still unpaid months after season.
• PCB has issued legal notices to franchises, broadcasters, and commercial partners.
• A broadcaster owes PCB a staggering PKR 4.5 billion in unpaid dues.

Is PCB in a financial crisis, with PSL staff allegedly unpaid?

Former Multan Sultans owner Ali Tareen has made a shocking claim that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has not yet paid its dues to the staff hired for the 2026 Pakistan Super League. 

The PSL 2026 concluded in March, and it is now June, meaning some of these workers have been chasing payment for the better part of three months. 

Most of them are believed to be logistics officers, event coordinators, and ground staff whose livelihoods depend on timely payment. 

“Just so everyone knows: the staff hired by the PSL this season, including logistics officers and event staff, still have not been paid. #UnpaidEra,” Tareen wrote on X. 

Just so everyone knows: the staff hired by the PSL this season, including logistics officers and event staff, still have not been paid.#UnpaidEra

— Ali Khan Tareen (@aliktareen) June 6, 2026

PCB’s own recovery drive reveals a deeper crisis

In May, the PCB launched a formal effort to recover large sums owed to it by multiple stakeholders, issuing legal notices to PSL franchises, broadcasters, and commercial partners and warning them to settle outstanding dues or face contract termination.

Some franchises did clear their annual fees after receiving those notices, but they immediately raised a counter-complaint, that the PCB itself had not released their share of revenue from the league’s central pool. One franchise pointed out that nearly PKR 96 crore from the PSL’s 10th edition remained outstanding.

“Initially some defaulting franchises of the Pakistan Super League were also sent notices to clear their outstanding annual fees or face action. These franchises have now cleared their dues but also asked the board to clear their share from the central pool for the franchises pending since 2010,” a PCB source had told PTI.

PSL broadcaster has defaulted on payments to PCB

The PCB is also in trouble as the media company that purchased broadcast, streaming, and business rights for both the PSL and international cricket in Pakistan has not reportedly paid up.

That company has declared heavy losses and has yet to clear dues of approximately PKR 4.5 billion to the PCB. To make matters worse, the PCB sold the broadcast rights for PSL 11 to a new entity, one that also owns the Rawalpindi franchise, which then sublicensed those very same rights back to the company already in default.

“Because of this the board has not been able to keep its financial records up to date and audit their accounts,” the source said.

“The thing is that while these new franchises are in the clear the board now has to pay them a guaranteed minimum amount of 85 crores PKR from PSL 11 and next four editions from the central pool.”

It remains to be seen how the PCB entangles itself from the financial mess they find themselves in as the workers keep waiting for payments. 

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