Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) yesterday said that it had lost a sincere friend with the demise of Indian cricket supremo Jagmohan Dalmiya.

In a statement issued by PCB, Chairman Shaharyar Khan, Chairman of the executive committee Najam Sethi and the chief operating officer Subhan Ahmed offered their deepest condolences to Dalmiya's family. "I have been deeply shocked and dismayed at the demise of Jagmohan Dalmiya the Chairman of BCCI. It is a profound loss to me as he was a personal friend and a sincere well-wisher of Pakistan cricket," Shaharyar said.