[REPORT] Najam Sethi set to become PCB chairman for a third time

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KARACHI: Najam Sethi is slated to replace Shahryar Khan as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) following the latter’s decision to step down, daily Express has learned.

According to sources, the head of PCB’s Executive Committee and member of the cricketing body’s Board of Governors (BoG) will be ‘elected unopposed’ once the prime minister accepts the current chairman’s resignation.

Shahryar on Thursday confirmed he has decided to step down as PCB chief before his term officially ends in August 2018. Speaking to reporters, he said he no longer wants to continue as the board’s chairman, adding that he has already sent his resignation to the premier. Shahryar’s comments confirmed a report Express had broken weeks ago.

According to PCB rules, a new PCB chairman must be elected within 28 days of the previous one stepping down. Any member of PCB’s BoG can be a candidate for the post.

Speaking to Express, sources said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is very happy with the role Sethi played in holding the final of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in Lahore. The match translated into a major boost in political support for the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and premier wants to reward Sethi, who is also the PSL chairman, for this, they said.

The sources added that it had been decided that Sethi will be the next PCB chairman and no candidate will be fielded against him in the election for the slot.

All present members of PCB’s BoG support Sethi, sources said. However, their terms too are set to expire on August 6, 2018, which is why the election for next chairman is likely to take place as soon as possible.

Sethi’s election may also be challenged in a court of law and Sethi, who is aware of these developments and has faced a similar situation before, has started legal consultations to prepare for such an eventuality.

Sethi has served as PCB chairman twice before, from June 2013 to January 2014 and from February 2014 to May 2014. He was engaged in a legal battle with former PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf during that time.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1370036/najam-sethi-set-become-pcb-chairman-third-time/
 
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mixed feelings about this tbh, happy to see SK stepping down :shkhan

but not so happy about Sethi becoming the boss, I'd give him a benefit of the doubt though, let's hope he runs things nicely, would be an upgrade over SK at least I guess
:najam
 
Well that's just great. This should be the new PCB logo.

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I highly doubt it as no point is becoming chairman.
Though next chairman will also be Sethi's yes man.
 
3rf time? Isnt the title way out of context?

Because what i remember was Sethi sahab wasnt really allowed to complete his contracr.

Anyways i would rather have sethi right now than bringing in some no experience new guy.
 
Now Sethi can spend the money for both himself and Sheri uncle on his foreign travels. Yaaayyy



There is an important life lesson here:
If you suck up to the right people and do as they please, then they might throw a bone your way for you to chew on
 
KARACHI: Najam Sethi is slated to replace Shahryar Khan as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) following the latter’s decision to step down, daily Express has learned.

According to sources, the head of PCB’s Executive Committee and member of the cricketing body’s Board of Governors (BoG) will be ‘elected unopposed’ once the prime minister accepts the current chairman’s resignation.

Shahryar on Thursday confirmed he has decided to step down as PCB chief before his term officially ends in August 2018. Speaking to reporters, he said he no longer wants to continue as the board’s chairman, adding that he has already sent his resignation to the premier. Shahryar’s comments confirmed a report Express had broken weeks ago.

According to PCB rules, a new PCB chairman must be elected within 28 days of the previous one stepping down. Any member of PCB’s BoG can be a candidate for the post.

Speaking to Express, sources said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is very happy with the role Sethi played in holding the final of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in Lahore. The match translated into a major boost in political support for the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and premier wants to reward Sethi, who is also the PSL chairman, for this, they said.

The sources added that it had been decided that Sethi will be the next PCB chairman and no candidate will be fielded against him in the election for the slot.

All present members of PCB’s BoG support Sethi, sources said. However, their terms too are set to expire on August 6, 2018, which is why the election for next chairman is likely to take place as soon as possible.

Sethi’s election may also be challenged in a court of law and Sethi, who is aware of these developments and has faced a similar situation before, has started legal consultations to prepare for such an eventuality.

Sethi has served as PCB chairman twice before, from June 2013 to January 2014 and from February 2014 to May 2014. He was engaged in a legal battle with former PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf during that time.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1370036/najam-sethi-set-become-pcb-chairman-third-time/

so nobody in Pakistan care that Sethi blatantly lied about Kevin Patterson not coming to Lahore for PSL2 final because of Imran Khan's statement?
 
Sethi vows to launch operation clean-up in board if gets authority

LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board’s executive committee chairman Najam Sethi has vowed to launch an operation clean-up in the Board’s ranks and said if he got authority he would sack all those employees receiving large perks and privileges but doing nothing.

In an interview with Waqt TV’s programme Game Beat, Sethi said he had spent four years now in the cricket board and have completed doctorate in the game. Sethi, who is also the PSL chairman, also rejected the notion that he was given the position in the board to oblige him.

Sethi also criticised those former cricketers who pressurized the board with their negative comments to get jobs in the Board. He also revealed that they were in talks with a top team of top Twenty20 league of the world to play a Twent20 series in Pakistan. Terming the PSL a huge success, he said it was the success for the whole country. “Pakistan Super League in now a national asset and the nation will keep it safe and successful,”

Sethi said the successful holding of the PSL final in Lahore has given the Pakistan cricket a major boost and opened the ways for holding talks to the international teams to come and play cricket in Pakistan. “An international team will visit Pakistan this year and talks with other international teams are also satisfactory.”

Sethi said cricket and politics should be kept apart and alleged that Imran Khan tried to politicize the PSL. He said due to negative statement of Imran some foreign players refused to visit Pakistan for the final match.

He said he himself sent the invitation for the final match to Imran and would have welcome him on the gate if he had come. Sethi said they have clean intentions in the borad and that is to serve the Pakistan cricket and take it to new heights. “We have posted a new video on our website which started with Imran Khan and ended with it. They are not shy to acknowledge and appreciate the services of thse who served Pakistan cricket.”

Sethi termed the PSL spot-fixing scandal quite disappointing and they took the right decision at right time to suspend the players and have ample proof with them against the suspended players. Sethi said he was against all type of corruption in the game and the board has established the tribunal consisting well reputed persons and also sending investigators to question Nasir Jamshed in London as his name was popping everywhere in the scandal.

He said he did not know what was the stance of previous top PCB officials or the reasons of their inaction on the match-fixing issue but he was determined to take the corrupts to the task and they would be shown no leniency. He also rejected the reports of differences with the FIA as baseless and said the FIA is a national institution and they cannot stop it from investigating the matter. He said FIA will carry on with its investigations and the PCB would also complete its process in due course as the main aim of both the PCB and FIA is to eradicate the corruption from the game.

http://nation.com.pk/sports/02-Apr-...operation-clean-up-in-board-if-gets-authority
 
One thing for sure that there was major clash between SKhan & Sethi. I believe, NS is backed by PM himself, but who was behind Shahriar - only name comes to mind in Shahbaz Sharif.
 
I think he has done some good things like the PSL which has been his brainchild and he must be given credit for bringing the league to fruition. However, I feel that he will entirely focus his efforts on the PSL as that is the money maker for the PCB while ignoring our domestic structure. NS now needs to understand that PSL can only flourish if we have a good domestic structure because the players that play in the PSL come from the domestic. You don't want players of the calibre of Nepal cricket team playing in the PSL which unfortunately will happen if we keep ignoring our domestic.
 
mixed feelings about this tbh, happy to see SK stepping down :shkhan

but not so happy about Sethi becoming the boss, I'd give him a benefit of the doubt though, let's hope he runs things nicely, would be an upgrade over SK at least I guess
:najam

SK was the one who got rid of MOIN KHAN after the doubtful gambling photo release in NZL i guess during the CWC'15... With sethi MOIN will again return to one of the high posts for sure.. And Najam also a friend of ijaz butt, SK must have been a hinderance for many of najam sethi's stupidity... with SK pak got BOB, now INZI & MICKEY... With sethi we got Zaheer, shoaib mohamad, moin khan who recycled many TTFs....

Hope Sethi let INZI & MICKEY continue their jobs without any interference and interruption...
 
Sethi will be better chairman due to following reasons:
1. He likes to show his power (Unlike diplomat like S Khan) and he can take brave decision without wasting time like sack Misbah after WI series, More power to Inzi to drop TTFs.
2. He will be better than so called formers who are nothing but like to gossip or chest thump in front of media, black mail PCB etc.
3.He lives on public opinion so most of the cases he can take brave decisions.
4. Player power will be removed for good
 
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Sacked info minister to head PCB?

Former information minister Pervaiz Rashid is one of the persons whose name is being deliberated upon by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for the post of chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.

While PCB Executive Committee Chairman Najam Sethi is the most likely candidate to be appointed to the board's top post, anonymous sources told Waqt News, Talat Mahmood, a close aid of Nawaz Sharif, is also one of the leading candidates for the post of PCB chairman.

Incumbent PCB Chairman Shahryar Khan earlier said he had forwarded his resignation and it was now up to the premier to take the final decision on the matter.

"Now I will not stay as finally, I am going. It doesn’t matter whether I go in August or earlier," he told Waqt News programme 'Game Beat'.

"The PCB’s current constitution is democratic and approved by International Cricket Council (ICC), so I want the board to elect its new chairman constitutionally and according to laws of the ICC."

http://nation.com.pk/sports/01-May-...erges-as-contender-for-pcb-s-top-slot-sources
 
No merit to this process at all. A competent system would ensure an open and transparent recruitment process where you interview multiple, qualified candidates for the role before making an appointment.

Instead we're deciding upon the post based on whims and fancies, and personal relations with the PM.
 
Sethi has been really shrewd and smart as the head of the PCB for a number of years, the guy is an absolute genius with the way he has gone about his dealings, has played a big role in cricket returning to Pakistan.

Also he doesn't give two hoots about anyone's opinion of him. He has been a brilliant acquisition by the PML-N, and his way of dealing things puts alot of people to shame, including a few nitwit ministers of Noon itself...

People will call him corrupt or what not, he might be making alot of money in the process too, but his contacts with PM have definitely played a role in his selection as Head of PCB, and he has a very impressive CV to back his credentials...

I don't care if he was selected or elected, but his performances speaks volumes and no one can put a blind eye to that

To quote Rust Cohle from True detectives 'The world needs bad men, we keep the other men from entering the door'
 
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