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[REPORTS] Wasim Akram poised to replace Najam Sethi as PCB chief

The more visionary thing for the new administration to do is to snap the overt political link that involves the appointment of the PCB chairman being determined by the Prime Minister.

The political foundations of the PCB were established in the early years. Cricket lacked a firm basis in the early years and the BCCP (as PCB was known back then) were confronted by financial constraints and the lack of a strong grass-roots structure. Pakistan cricket began its life with no Test match grounds, only two turf pitches and no first class cricket competition. 
Pre-partition, the patrons and funding were provided usually by the non-Muslim communities in the two most advanced cricketing centres that Pakistan inherited - Lahore and Karachi.

In seeking more secure foundations, the BCCP looked to important figures - private and public - to provide legitimacy and patronage to grow the game. This was the context for the politicised structure emerging. The first president of the BCCP was the Nawab of Mamdot the rural magnate who was part of the Muslim League movement in the 1940s. In the 1950s, a Prime Minister (Muhammad Ali Bogra) and two Heads of State (Iskandar Mirza and Ayub Khan) served as presidents of the BCCP. The political link was institutionalised when the first BCCP constitution in 1963 stated that the head of state will be its patron. Under the last government, the Prime Minister took over as the patron.

If the politicised origins are understandable, it is now an anachronism. Surely, there no longer exists a need for such political connections.
 
I am not sure if he is the right person. A diplomat is needed as the chairman. Sethi was doing fine.
 
mmkextreme_1 said:
How does that make him an administrator? He has zilch administration experience. This position should be held by a professional who has the proper education/background for it.
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Whats the gaurantee proffessional would do a better job?? Why would a proffessional care about the game he might not love as much as Wasim do?? He might there be just for money , Domestic cricket might suffer and remain in scathing condition at it has been for years now while proffesional might be busy trying save money and fill his pocket as much as possible?
one proffesional like Naseem Ashraf almost killed the game You want more of those bad memories where player were suspended left right and centre.
 
todfod 11 said:
Whats the gaurantee proffessional would do a better job?? Why would a proffessional care about the game he might not love as much as Wasim do?? He might there be just for money , Domestic cricket might suffer and remain in scathing condition at it has been for years now while proffesional might be busy trying save money and fill his pocket as much as possible?
one proffesional like Naseem Ashraf almost killed the game You want more of those bad memories where player were suspended left right and centre.
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So......let me get this straight......people with experience in Management and Administration should not be hired to manage and administer a corporation?? Right.......
 
Imran khan himself was highly critical of the adhocism associated with the PCB, and how the Prime Minister of the Country is also the chief patron of the PCB. Also how Sethi was handpicked by Sharif in reward for 35 punctures in consitituencies. If Khan removes Sethi from his post, it just shows he was no different to what he said in the 1990s and 2000s.

It would be a tragedy to lose Sethi, his diplomacy skills with the foreign cricketing boards, and his verbal command allows him to get his msg across eloquently and ensure the trust of other in him. One of the major reasons cricket came to Pakistan.

Khan would have to let his ego aside for the betterment of Pakistan cricket, and let Sethi carry on. Pretty sure Sethi is good enough to sit face to face with Khan and convince him of his commitments.
 
waleed88 said:
Imran khan himself was highly critical of the adhocism associated with the PCB, and how the Prime Minister of the Country is also the chief patron of the PCB. Also how Sethi was handpicked by Sharif in reward for 35 punctures in consitituencies. If Khan removes Sethi from his post, it just shows he was no different to what he said in the 1990s and 2000s.

It would be a tragedy to lose Sethi, his diplomacy skills with the foreign cricketing boards, and his verbal command allows him to get his msg across eloquently and ensure the trust of other in him. One of the major reasons cricket came to Pakistan.

Khan would have to let his ego aside for the betterment of Pakistan cricket, and let Sethi carry on. Pretty sure Sethi is good enough to sit face to face with Khan and convince him of his commitments.
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Knowing Imran Khan through some of his close aides as well as watching him over the years, one thing he will absolutely not compromise on is building institutions! That is what he believes in . . Regardless of what he does as PM (when he gets elected), one things for sure, he is going to try his best to fix our state institutions and PCB is one of them . .

Now coming to this post . . See, until yesterday, I was off the opinion that Najam Sethi has arguably done good work while being at the helm of the PCB and has been appreciated from many quarters! and hence, I was hoping that he would congratulate the PTI for winning the elections, congratulate IK on becoming the PM (and hence the Patron of the board), put the past behind and start dialogue on how to make PCB an institution that is independent and does not have any political interference!

. . . . . and that did not happen!! In fact, quite the opposite . .

Now, I think Najam Sethi needs to go for 3 reasons:

1. Najam Sethi was a political appointment! He was appointed by the ex PM, Nawaz Sharif. Najam Sethi is still considered to be a very close aide of the Sharif family . .
2. He has already said that he doesn't believe in the legitimacy of this govt. and hence morally, I think he should resign himself!
3. There is no love lost between Najam Sethi and IK and clearly Sethi sb hasn't put that behind him and has furthered the narrative of the Sharif family through this article!

Hence, I don't think it would be possible to ensure PCB becomes an independently run and governed institution devoid of any political interference and favors with Sethi sb at the helm!

I would have liked if Sethi had approached Khan sb and talked about how to make PCB an institution! But now, Sethi needs to go!

Hopefully, IK makes an appointment based solely on merit! As I said above, I would be very disappointed if any appointment is made that is not on merit.
 
ahmedwaqas92 said:
So......let me get this straight......people with experience in Management and Administration should not be hired to manage and administer a corporation?? Right.......
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U need experience as well of what You getting into.... And for administrations u have advisors and managers to look into things.. Chairmans main job is to set up goals and think in broader perspective rather writing letters and issuing notices in the name of administration
 
Sethi is a patwari 🤦🏽*♂️ he has to go..A lot of capable candidates My choice would be Mohammed Akram not Wasim
 
Sethi was a good chairman, easily the best in years but then the again, the bar was so low.

But for all the good things that he did, some of his actions really irked me. Particularly his habit of badgering India to play a series. India were never going to agree but him continuously persuing this particular thing really made the PCB look weak and desperate. Didn't like that one bit.
 
Savak said:
Sethi made Wasim the PSL ambassador, gave him coaching gigs and helped him get involved in a coaching capacity with the PSL franchises. Wasim always talked highly of Sethi in interviews and was always seen laughing, smiling with him in Social Circles and at the very first opportunity he has readily become part of the scheme to dethrone him.

Pathetic stuff.
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This is real life, not a Shakespearean tragedy. Get over it. People replace people they know all the time. And a man who doubts the legitimacy of the government he's working for has no reason to keep doing that job in the first place.
 
NauV said:
Knowing Imran Khan through some of his close aides as well as watching him over the years, one thing he will absolutely not compromise on is building institutions! That is what he believes in . . Regardless of what he does as PM (when he gets elected), one things for sure, he is going to try his best to fix our state institutions and PCB is one of them . .

Now coming to this post . . See, until yesterday, I was off the opinion that Najam Sethi has arguably done good work while being at the helm of the PCB and has been appreciated from many quarters! and hence, I was hoping that he would congratulate the PTI for winning the elections, congratulate IK on becoming the PM (and hence the Patron of the board), put the past behind and start dialogue on how to make PCB an institution that is independent and does not have any political interference!

. . . . . and that did not happen!! In fact, quite the opposite . .

Now, I think Najam Sethi needs to go for 3 reasons:

1. Najam Sethi was a political appointment! He was appointed by the ex PM, Nawaz Sharif. Najam Sethi is still considered to be a very close aide of the Sharif family . .
2. He has already said that he doesn't believe in the legitimacy of this govt. and hence morally, I think he should resign himself!
3. There is no love lost between Najam Sethi and IK and clearly Sethi sb hasn't put that behind him and has furthered the narrative of the Sharif family through this article!

Hence, I don't think it would be possible to ensure PCB becomes an independently run and governed institution devoid of any political interference and favors with Sethi sb at the helm!

I would have liked if Sethi had approached Khan sb and talked about how to make PCB an institution! But now, Sethi needs to go!

Hopefully, IK makes an appointment based solely on merit! As I said above, I would be very disappointed if any appointment is made that is not on merit.
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POTW this for me.
 
Imran Khan believes in meritocracy and wants Pak cricket to improve.

No way he is appointing Wasim, who has never done something else except coaching after his retirement, as an administrator.

Do not know who started this rumour, but it does not make sense.
 
What happened to being anti-adhoc? Plus I do not think Wasim Akram is suited to this type of role. Id be more than happy for him to prove me wrong.
 
Not really sure if he will be able to prove a good administrator or someone who can govern
 
todfod 11 said:
Whats the gaurantee proffessional would do a better job?? Why would a proffessional care about the game he might not love as much as Wasim do?? He might there be just for money , Domestic cricket might suffer and remain in scathing condition at it has been for years now while proffesional might be busy trying save money and fill his pocket as much as possible?
one proffesional like Naseem Ashraf almost killed the game You want more of those bad memories where player were suspended left right and centre.
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I think you're confusing what the duties of a chairman should be. Dr. Naseem Ashraf shouldn't even be mentioned the guy had a bad rep (rightly so as well). Under the current government and the pledge Imran Khan came with, do you think he will appoint an administrator that would go down the same pathway as Ashraf did. I don't think so. Now going back to what administrator duties should be:

-They oversee other departments. They make sure the right people are put in the right place. For example, what did Najam Sethi ever do to improve domestic cricket? What happened to all our A tours and so forth. He was a good negotiator I will give him that but running a board requires more.

RedwoodOriginal said:
What credentials did a journalist like Sethi have related to cricket?
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Sethi still has a background in economics. He got his masters from Cambridge University. Sethi was running the board well but is shady, and now is under investigation and has been summoned by the FBR. If anything, him being a political journalist helped him at the PCB, especially is negotiation skills. What would make Wasim Akram a good PCB chief? His skills should be used at the NCA, not as chief.
 
saeed5646 said:
This can go either way Total disaster or great tenure
Personally i don.t think wasim is suited for this job
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Same opinion.To become a successful chairman you need to be a good administrator. I don't know whether Wasim has that quality or not.I believe that he will try his heart and soul to bring back glory in Pak cricket.
 
Major said:
Wow. Imran will be a hypocrite if this happens.


His whole life he has said a chairman should be elected and at the end he brings in his friend.


[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] is this just the start of nepotism?
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It’s a difficult situation for Imran. He has to go for an independent choice because if he chooses a party member to lead the PCB, he will be accused of nepotism.

While I do think that the PCB Chairman doesn’t necessarily need to have a cricketing background, it is imperative that he has a passion for the sport.

Wasim may not have any managerial experience, but if he has a passion for the position, I think he is a risk worth taking. It is a left-field choice and he doesn’t bring any baggage with him.
 
mmkextreme_1 said:
I think you're confusing what the duties of a chairman should be. Dr. Naseem Ashraf shouldn't even be mentioned the guy had a bad rep (rightly so as well). Under the current government and the pledge Imran Khan came with, do you think he will appoint an administrator that would go down the same pathway as Ashraf did. I don't think so. Now going back to what administrator duties should be:

-They oversee other departments. They make sure the right people are put in the right place. For example, what did Najam Sethi ever do to improve domestic cricket? What happened to all our A tours and so forth. He was a good negotiator I will give him that but running a board requires more.



Sethi still has a background in economics. He got his masters from Cambridge University. Sethi was running the board well but is shady, and now is under investigation and has been summoned by the FBR. If anything, him being a political journalist helped him at the PCB, especially is negotiation skills. What would make Wasim Akram a good PCB chief? His skills should be used at the NCA, not as chief.
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I'm not saying Wasim is a better option and I doubt he will even be the pick, but atleast he has something significant to do with cricket. Najam Sethi's job credentials had nothing to do with a job in cricket administration and even then there were a number of better options better equipped for the job of PCB chairman.
 
Mamoon said:
It’s a difficult situation for Imran. He has to go for an independent choice because if he chooses a party member to lead the PCB, he will be accused of nepotism.

While I do think that the PCB Chairman doesn’t necessarily need to have a cricketing background, it is imperative that he has a passion for the sport.

Wasim may not have any managerial experience, but if he has a passion for the position, I think he is a risk worth taking. It is a left-field choice and he doesn’t bring any baggage with him.
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Of course Wasim Akram brings baggage: The match fixing allegations against him.

He was my favorite player as a kid but the respect and admiration isn't the same anymore.
 
NauV said:
Knowing Imran Khan through some of his close aides as well as watching him over the years, one thing he will absolutely not compromise on is building institutions! That is what he believes in . . Regardless of what he does as PM (when he gets elected), one things for sure, he is going to try his best to fix our state institutions and PCB is one of them . .

Now coming to this post . . See, until yesterday, I was off the opinion that Najam Sethi has arguably done good work while being at the helm of the PCB and has been appreciated from many quarters! and hence, I was hoping that he would congratulate the PTI for winning the elections, congratulate IK on becoming the PM (and hence the Patron of the board), put the past behind and start dialogue on how to make PCB an institution that is independent and does not have any political interference!

. . . . . and that did not happen!! In fact, quite the opposite . .

Now, I think Najam Sethi needs to go for 3 reasons:

1. Najam Sethi was a political appointment! He was appointed by the ex PM, Nawaz Sharif. Najam Sethi is still considered to be a very close aide of the Sharif family . .
2. He has already said that he doesn't believe in the legitimacy of this govt. and hence morally, I think he should resign himself!
3. There is no love lost between Najam Sethi and IK and clearly Sethi sb hasn't put that behind him and has furthered the narrative of the Sharif family through this article!

Hence, I don't think it would be possible to ensure PCB becomes an independently run and governed institution devoid of any political interference and favors with Sethi sb at the helm!

I would have liked if Sethi had approached Khan sb and talked about how to make PCB an institution! But now, Sethi needs to go!

Hopefully, IK makes an appointment based solely on merit! As I said above, I would be very disappointed if any appointment is made that is not on merit.
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IK shouldn't be making an appointment. As far as his claims of early 2000s go. Even he hismelf was critical of Sethi till 2017, and was bitter enough to not participate in the PSL. Or even give their full wishes. Instead he had to call the players phateechar and railu katta those who participated in the PSL.

Khan never had a good word to utter for Sethi throughout his chairman as PCB tenure and instead used the criticism to get political mileage in his jalsas against Sethi when clearly everyone agreed that Sethi was the right choice for interim CM. 35 punctures were a syasi biyaan according to Imran Khan but that didn't stop him from harrassing sethi and his family on every forum he went to.

Which brings me to my point that should now all the parties hold Hasan Askari responsible because he was an expert analyst for Dunya news and ran an anti-nawaz campaign for 5 years? Almost all International articles have published that pre poll rigging and favoritsitim towards one party was believed to be the case. So why isn't Askari held to the same threshold?

Trying to keep politics aside in Khan's own words, he has forgotten all bygones and no plans of doing revenge politics as a leader. On merit Sethi is the best choice for PCB chairman. After having done so much, and so many teams yet to visit on the terms of decided by Sethi, it would be a tragedy to see him go having a regime that is already looking well set to be a part of the world cup 2019, it would be foolishness to make any changes before that.
 
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PSL is corruption free because of Najam Sethi, and bringing a chairman like Wasim Akram (regardless of his stature as a cricketing great) willl always give the media green light to target him for his past.
 
NauV said:
Knowing Imran Khan through some of his close aides as well as watching him over the years, one thing he will absolutely not compromise on is building institutions! That is what he believes in . . Regardless of what he does as PM (when he gets elected), one things for sure, he is going to try his best to fix our state institutions and PCB is one of them . .

Now coming to this post . . See, until yesterday, I was off the opinion that Najam Sethi has arguably done good work while being at the helm of the PCB and has been appreciated from many quarters! and hence, I was hoping that he would congratulate the PTI for winning the elections, congratulate IK on becoming the PM (and hence the Patron of the board), put the past behind and start dialogue on how to make PCB an institution that is independent and does not have any political interference!

. . . . . and that did not happen!! In fact, quite the opposite . .

Now, I think Najam Sethi needs to go for 3 reasons:

1. Najam Sethi was a political appointment! He was appointed by the ex PM, Nawaz Sharif. Najam Sethi is still considered to be a very close aide of the Sharif family . .
2. He has already said that he doesn't believe in the legitimacy of this govt. and hence morally, I think he should resign himself!
3. There is no love lost between Najam Sethi and IK and clearly Sethi sb hasn't put that behind him and has furthered the narrative of the Sharif family through this article!

Hence, I don't think it would be possible to ensure PCB becomes an independently run and governed institution devoid of any political interference and favors with Sethi sb at the helm!

I would have liked if Sethi had approached Khan sb and talked about how to make PCB an institution! But now, Sethi needs to go!

Hopefully, IK makes an appointment based solely on merit! As I said above, I would be very disappointed if any appointment is made that is not on merit.
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Also in his article on the Friday times Sethi had to write this about Khan - which is pretty much alot of praise for someone Khan has always picked on and hated with a passion...

'Admittedly, the Miltablishment has stitched up an extraordinary political dispensation in difficult times. But, unlike Nawaz, the person they have chosen to lead it is strong-willed and unpredictable. In fact, Nawaz was eminently pliant. Yet, after a while, he felt compelled, given the nature of power, to try and be his own man. But this was unacceptable and he had to pay the price for even thinking such rash thoughts. Imran Khan, on the other hand, is a different kettle of fish. He may have embraced the Miltablishment as a tactical move but sooner rather than later he will begin to challenge the conventional wisdom of the national security state handed down to him. That’s when all bets will be off.'
 
Sethi said we are in talks with NZ and Austraial to visit Pakistan, if he manages to pull this off it will be the first time a top team besides SL, WI are playing in Pakistan... he should be given a chance to pull this off. His verbal agreement and commitment has always been proven to be beneificial to Pakistan...
 
Saithi needs to go. If he can't respect the upcoming premier of the country and by default his own boss of the future, he should have guts to call it quits.

I am 100 percent sure Mr. Prime minister Imran will appoint someone who has better credentials.
 
todfod 11 said:
He is the one of the greatest bowlers of all time and successful captain with coaching experience. He is one of the most respected Pak player outside pakistan... what else u need?
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A little bit of integrity would be helpful i guess, his activities are well documented in the justice qayyam report.
 
First of all, I doubt any of this true.

Secondly, if indeed Wasim is appointed as the Chairman, it would be everything that Imran stood against. The PM should not have any role in appointing a PCB or PHF or Squash or any sport's body Chairman. Also if Wasim is indeed made chairman, Imran would openly defy against his mantra of merit.

Lastly, Wasim does NOT have any administrative experience to merit a position as high as the PCB Chairmanship. Can Wasim go out and negotiate the best deal for Pakistan at an international forum where you have seasoned administrators from other boards? Does Wasim have the ability to bargain the best deals from domestic sponsors and television rights with everybody knowing that Wasim is an absolute novice in this regard? If anything, Ramiz Raja would be a better choice than Wasim in this regard and that's saying something.

Najam Sethi has been one of the best things that has happened to Pakistan cricket given our dark days starting from Tauqir Zia uptil Zaka Ashraf. It would be an absolute folly to remove him.

But if Imran HAS to remove Najam Sethi from his position, then by no means should Imran appoint another one on his own. He should direct the Board of Governors to elect another one in Sethi's place. Remove political interference from all facets of our institutions as he has claimed.
 
I wouldn't have been annoyed had Sethi continued to stay during IK era, but this chota aadmi chose to downplay IK's achievement one day after elections and hinted it all at establishment sazish. Just for that article alone IK should demand Sethi's resignation. No place for Sharif's lap dog in Naya Pakistan, and for all those clamouring about Sethi's achievements what are those achievements please list them? How are the domestic cricketers doing financially? How are the domestic pitches? How is the domestic structure? How many u19 and A tours have taken place? How has been Pakistan's international schedule? Don't give me but but but PSL dramaybaazi
 
Sethi will stay on for another year in return his wife will give PTI her support. For all of Sethi's wrongs, he has done a lot of right and good work. Everyone makes mistakes and he has been forgiven for all the tireless work he has done for Pakistan cricket.

If he has done something corrupt then by all means hold him accountable but I'm not aware of anything. Lt him stay on till the next round of elections or see how he implements Imran's vision.
 
Syed1 said:
I wouldn't have been annoyed had Sethi continued to stay during IK era, but this chota aadmi chose to downplay IK's achievement one day after elections and hinted it all at establishment sazish. Just for that article alone IK should demand Sethi's resignation. No place for Sharif's lap dog in Naya Pakistan, and for all those clamouring about Sethi's achievements what are those achievements please list them? How are the domestic cricketers doing financially? How are the domestic pitches? How is the domestic structure? How many u19 and A tours have taken place? How has been Pakistan's international schedule? Don't give me but but but PSL dramaybaazi
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Posters think Sethi opened the Golden Gates for Pakistan Cricket by launching PSL. As if it wasn't going to happen anyway if someone else was in Sethi's job
 
Syed1 said:
I wouldn't have been annoyed had Sethi continued to stay during IK era, but this chota aadmi chose to downplay IK's achievement one day after elections and hinted it all at establishment sazish. Just for that article alone IK should demand Sethi's resignation. No place for Sharif's lap dog in Naya Pakistan, and for all those clamouring about Sethi's achievements what are those achievements please list them? How are the domestic cricketers doing financially? How are the domestic pitches? How is the domestic structure? How many u19 and A tours have taken place? How has been Pakistan's international schedule? Don't give me but but but PSL dramaybaazi
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Let there be no confusion, our fortunes have changed because of Mickey Arthur, not Sethi. Sethi deserves to be sacked for the '92 article on Immy alone. :runaway:
 
Oh yeah, and in what capacity is Wasim being made PCB chief? What are his credential apart from 'locking the wrist and running in haaaaard.
 
Belawal2014 said:
Oh yeah, and in what capacity is Wasim being made PCB chief? What are his credential apart from 'locking the wrist and running in haaaaard.
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These are just reports,nothing is confirmed yet.We don’t even know for sure if Najam Sethi is out.
 
Not a confirmed source but on thr other hand is wasim equipped enough to run a pcb chairman role. Its all good to have an ex legend being the chairman of pcb but does he have the necessary skills to run an organisation.
 
Legendary bowler, one of my all time favorite sportsman, but at end if the day , he is a high school drop out and not made for administrative job. I'm OK with him having a coaching job, but not running BCCI. Only person among ex-cricketers who qualifies for the job is Ramiz Raja, who is done MBA from highly rated PU.
 
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I would want someone with a clean image and someone who is able to bring credibility . My choice would be Zaheer Abbas.
 
I called it the minute i saw a photo of Wasim hanging out with IK after the election win.

I think Wasim will be a perfect front man for a stint as the PCB chairman, international cricket community absolutely worship him, who else could be a better promoter then him when persuading countries to tour Pakistan.
 
moghul said:
Legendary bowler, one of my all time favorite sportsman, but at end if the day , he is a high school drop out and not made for administrative job. I'm OK with him having a coaching job, but not running BCCI. Only person among ex-cricketers who qualifies for the job is Ramiz Raja, who is done MBA from highly rated PU.
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Not a big issue, you hire professional administrators these days to do the hard work for you behind the scenes.
 
Lot of rumours but seems that until IK takes oath, there will be a lot of jockeying for power until the final decision happens.
 
Wasim knows PCB, how it operates, what are the obstacles, what problems the players, local regions, and the national teams face, how to manage funds (distribute).

If he is selected, I think he would just do fine. Should bring in big change.
 
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