I recognize IK as a world class player and a honest politican but please spare me as he is not a diety. I am not into hero worship, I call a spade a spade.
Sethi has rescued our cricket, got PSL off the ground and got it to Pakistan soil. On top of that created laid the groundwork for a major ICC 50 over tournament win. This is hard work, real contribution.
You go ahead and swoon over romantic IK quotes about bringing heaven on earth when he has done absolutely nothing for our cricket since retiring.
I think, you have to look it from leadership perspective. Great leaders make good policies & take decisions in good spirit (might not be correct always), which eventually brings better results. Imran is a romantic character for sure, but there are lot more behind that romanticism.
What I felt that after '92, Imran's entire focus was on his hospital & later politics, hence he sounds not the smartest guy on cricket, but that guy isn't dumb - he understands the game (played a bit as well - so not arm chair critic actually), has an eye for talent, he is well educated & he is honest. Management is a process with good spirit to work with everyone beyond personal liking, a listening attitude without ego & a vision to improve with time. Above all, one has to have the problem solving intelligence, academic backgrounds to understand the financial merits of a decision, self belief on adopting best option among alternatives & determination to stick on after failure or road block.
If you study Imran's career (it'll be a great research - not many people in history is so successful in areas that they have tried), you'll see that above everything, this man is blessed by all mighty as an achiever. There are many talented people, hard working people, but not every one achieves greatness, because of that lass missing piece - confidence, self believe & determination, which Imran has almost unlimited. He played for PAK at 17, from his family backing - so, his team mates made him realize that in every moment; instead of breakning down or call a quit, he worked his way HARD to greatness.
I had an old copy of Cricketer at home, which reads in 1983, that WC 1983 could be Imran's last cricket, for his injury, it's one such that almost impossible to recover for fast bowlers - in 3 years time, he came back to become again no . 1 bowler & eventually win the WC Cup 8 years later. In 1987, coming to India, in his first press briefing, he said that, I want to win a Test series in IND & ENG - for a PAK captain that time, if you looks at the names in his squad - it was like the Belgium Captain telling, I wish to win the next WC & Euro ..... Imran did achieve that.
As a politician, I believe he lost his fist MNP election in multiple seats - 20 years later, he is a prime candidate for PM of PAK, starting a political career from scratch in South Asia, where for hundreds of years political leadership is dominated by family backing & legacy. If you notice carefully - even the die hard Imran's political fan won't have believed that he'll be able to do anything to Mian Sharif - 8 months down the line, he successfully ousted the running PM on legal grounds in a 3rd world country, where every elements of establishments are used to protect the ruling man.
One thing I can tell you that - never underestimate the will power & determination of Imran, this guy is a born achiever - if he says that he'll change PAK cricket's landscape, trust me - he'll do that. He won't be able to convert PAK in to United Kingdom - but, he won't claim that either. I am not aware of Imran's is political career much; but for cricket, you have to trust his words, because he proved his credibility - this guy is telling what believes, and that's mother of every change. I left the comfort of BD for Canada, because I believed that we can make something out there, otherwise I won't have even applied for the Federal Skilled Immigration program.
Having said that, no disrespect or disregard to Najam Sethi - his appointment might be dubious, but the guy is capable; did great things for PAK cricket. I am not aware of his other staffs, but his management of PSL was praise worthy; credit should be given where due. I am not sure, in a volatile political environment, his alternative (s) will be better or not.
than some nobody Noora administrator that wouldn't have a clue in hell on how to effectively run and seek out cricketing talent from upcoming players. Let's be honest here, cricket is just out of the scope of even the average Noora or their politicians for that matter, and I found this sad fact out when all of them tried to undermine Kerry Pecker as some rouge league which Dr. Doom was organizing and had the ashirwadh of Dawood Ibrahim or something 
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