The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the match officials panel for season 2025-26. The PCB’s international panel for season 2025-26 includes match referee Ali Naqvi while umpires Asif Yaqoob, Faisal Afridi, Rashid Riaz and Saleema Imtiaz. A total of 18 umpires and 10 match referees have been included in the Elite Panel of Officials, while to closely evaluate the performance of the umpires, the Supplementary Panel has been divided into two parts, with Supplementary Panel 1 comprising 14 umpires and Supplementary Panel 2 comprising 24 umpires.
The supplementary panel of match referees includes 10 referees, while the PCB Emerging Panel includes 40 umpires from across the country. It is worth mentioning here that 13 female umpires have also been included in the match officials panel, among whom the prominent name is Salima Imtiaz.
