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ya i read that too, it was in yesterdays Jang.. He said its wrong that PCB Officials also work as commentators..
:smack: abay direct link to the article not jang website. i know Jang’s URL.
I don’t like showmanship from players or board officials: Shaharyar
KARACHI: Shaharyar Khan who takes over as the new Pakistan cricket chief from December 14, 2003 confirmed on Wednesday that he would be making changes in the Board set-up. “Changes would be made but after careful thinking and patience. There will be no change for the sake of change. But yes, I would like to see some things done differently by different people,” Shaharyar said in an interview with The News.
The former foreign secretary and career diplomat pointed out that he was not familiar with many of the people in the Board but pointed out that there were lot of them who were doing a good job and in their case there was need for some continuity also. “I don’t want to go into details. But yes, changes would be made carefully.”
He also made it clear that he strongly believed in accountability and transparency in the functioning of the Board and its officials - employed or honorary. "I fully understand the interest and passion with which people in this country follow cricket happenings. My desire would be to see everyone is accountable for his actions including the selectors." :k:
The 69-year old Shaharyar said he would like to see the Board’s old constitution revived and a move back to normalcy from ad-hocism. "I don’t want anymore plummeting down for the board as a institution. We have to build up the PCB as an institution." :k:
“But I have yet to meet the President and know what my terms and conditions are. Only then will I be able to decide on my policies.”
Shaharyar, who also managed the Pakistan teams on tours to India in 1999 and in this year’s World Cup, stated that he would like to see the selectors paying more attention to players who are capable of performing in crisis. "We need to have players
with the ability to handle crisis management. I don’t like any showmanship from the players or board officials and I would ask everyone to work hard for the country and the team."
Shaharyar insisted that the Pakistan team still needed players with lot of character. “I have had a chance to interact with the players and I found them straight forward and spirited. But we need to further improve upon these qualities.”
The new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board said he would also like to give top priority to introducing a central contract system for the players.
Shaharyar who has taken over from Lt. General (retd) Tauqir Zia after his four-year term felt that the players needed more financial security and he would study the possibility of a central contract system for players.
“The way I look at it, Pakistan is one of the few countries where we don’t have separate Test and One-day teams. And where we have contracts on series to series basis. This has led to financial insecurity among players and some good players being wasted,” he pointed out. He cited the name of batsman Wajahatullah Wasti in this connection.
“My feeling is that if we have a central contract system for the players this sense of insecurity would be removed and they would be happy playing one form of the game and we can introduce specialization of craft.” “At present the situation is that we find players trying to manipulate the selection system to find places in both Test and One-day squads regardless whether they qualify for both sides,” he added.
Shaharyar said that on the international front he would like to see a permanent solution to the problem of foreign teams backing out of confirmed tours on grounds of security and safety concerns.
“Once we have reassured teams of their security and safety and once they accept responsibility of touring Pakistan in principle I don’t think it is right for them to than threaten to pull out.”
He pointed out that the Pakistan board in recent months had shown it was perfectly capable of providing proper security to visiting teams.
“I don’t think we need to do more on that front. I think we should now be able to induce foreign teams to tour regularly. My view is clear; once foreign teams accept a tour, they have to accept assurances of the home board regarding security and all other matters.”
“I am intent on insuring that in future visiting teams don’t dictate to us which venues they want to play at,” he added. "It should be our decision where the visiting teams will play matches. We can’t isolate our major cricket centres. But there is always room for negotiations in special circumstances. "
Shahayar stressed he would be giving great importance to cricket relations with India. He said the Indian team would be given a warm welcome when they tour in February-April. "I view this tour as very significant.
And I think there would be greater responsibility on the players and team officials to be on their best behavior and play the game in its best traditions of sportsmanship.
He said people in both countries wanted to see their best player’s contest against each other. “Regular cricket exchanges despite the political climate would help improve Indo-Pak relations,” he stated.
Beginning on a positive note
By Zaheer Abbas
With a new chief already named by the PCB Patron, one hopes that things will be back on track sooner rather than later. Shahryar Khan is a much respected name in society and I am sure he will be very mindful of his new job’s potential to damage reputations within no time. If his initial remarks that were carried by the media after the announcement are anything to go by, he has certainly made the right start.
Just a quick look at what the media has quoted him as having said is enough to settle the initial nerves of any cricket follower. To start with, he has set great store by honesty, integrity and professionalism. He has been pretty emphatic that there would be no favouritism, no nepotism. This all sounds so good.
The cynic may well say - and there are many of them in this nation of 140 million - that such assertions are a matter of routine for anyone taking up any public office. All I can say to such diehard cynics is that it would have been much worse had Shahryar Khan not said such things at the very outset. Now that he has said this, let us give him all our support to prove that he did not just utter those words; he meant it.
In my heart I believe he can pull it off, and the reason why I so believe is some of his published remarks about the true nature of his job in relation to that of the PCB chief executive officer. He was very categorical on that count, saying he would be more involved with the policy, leaving its execution to the CEO, the way it should be. When he is so professional as to clip his own wings, I am sure he deserves to be given our vote of confidence.
Moving on, he has described cricket at the grassroots level to be his top priority. This again is just the approach that is needed to take care of Pakistan cricket’s long-term interests. I have repeatedly written about the importance of grade cricket in the overall setup, and I am delighted that the incoming PCB boss thinks on similar lines.
Cricket, or for that matter any game anywhere in the world, cannot flourish at the top if a regular stream of talent does not provide it nourishment from the bottom. Grade cricket is the nursery where you plant fresh saplings, protect them from various hazards, and groom them so that they may blossom in the seasons ahead. By concentrating on such a vital area, the PCB boss will do a great service to the game and, indeed, to the nation. And in doing so, he will surely get the cooperation of all who have the good of national cricket close to their hearts and minds.One thing more that he touched upon briefly was the practice of senior PCB officials doing running commentary on television channels, and described it as something undesirable and wrong. Even though what these words betray is simple common sense, it is indeed laudable that he wasted no time in making himself clear on issues that have raised much controversy in the recent past.
I have also seen writeups in the print media advising the new PCB chief to retain the old guards because they are ‘ideally suited’ for the jobs they have been carrying out. I found such comments laughable. I don’t know how Shahryar Khan would have reacted to them, but I am pretty certain that if he falls for such manipulated advice, he will be doing just what he should avoid.
Right on :k:
^^ oh yeah Pick me Pick me Shahryar saab 
Zaheer should come out and say it in open 
Its not just Zaheer criticising tauqir:
** All the best, Mr Diplomat**
Former career diplomat and MCC member Shaharyar Khan has been awarded the unenviable task of reforming Pakistan cricket. After having enjoyed a distinguished diplomatic and political career, the first cousin of Tiger Pataudi will need all his abilities and all the luck in the world to be successful as PCB chairman.
Shaharyar’s To-Do list is endless: Bring about transparency and accountability in the system (specially regarding selection and financial management), provide facilities to the underprivileged, revive the first class cricket programme, solve the problems posed with the Aamer Sohail-Javed Miandad clash, etc.
Shaharyar’s plus points are his people skills — the reason why he was a successful diplomat and the reason why he was asked to lead the Pakistani contingent to India a few years ago.
As expected, he insists that there won’t be “wholesale changes at once. I will talk to former administrators, cricketers and former players before introducing reforms.”
** Pakistani fans will sincerely hope that Shaharyar does not go the way of Lt. Gen. Tauqir Zia’s way, who promised much but failed to deliver**
Do they want to be picked for some spot in the PCB too?
Shaharyar Khan calls on outgoing Chairman PCB
ISLAMABAD, December 15 (Online): Mr Shaharyar M.Khan Sunday called on the outgoing Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Lt Gen (retd) Tauqir Zia and took a run down on the affairs of cricket. Also present in the meeting, that lasted more than four hours, were Chief Executive Ramiz Raja, Treasurer Mohammad Naeem and legal advisor Syed Asghar Haider .
Mr Shaharyar M.Khan will assume the charge of PCB Chairman from Monday and will sit in the office from 1100 hours onwards. He will, however, not be available for media whom he will address in the next week. He is expected to meet the President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf sometime this week .
Gen Tauqir briefed him in detail on his policies, the Pakistan cricket team, the structure of the PCB, its officials and day-to-day affairs .
Gen Tauqir, in a statement, said: “The detailed briefing was given to him so that when he sits in the office from Monday, he feels that he has been part of the board for a long time. He has to run Pakistan cricket and should have complete picture on what has been happening and what is to be done.”
Mr Shaharyar said: “It has been a useful briefing in which Gen Tauqir gave me a run down on the affairs of Pakistan cricket. I will sit in the office from Monday and will meet all the officials of the board. But I will not be able to make any further statements to the Press until I have called on the President.”
CP-- i m not saying anything about them but jang, nawa-e-waqt, etc reported that Zaheer is figihting for a place in new setup… yes you can say i should not belive those reports but Zaheer was praising Tauiqr zia earlier when i belive he was part of the setup to some extent.
abay click it before saying anything 
Chairman PCB meets President Musharraf
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RAWALPINDI: Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Shaharyar M. Khan meets with President General Pervez Musharraf in Rawalpindi.
ISLAMABAD, December 17 (Online): The Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mr Shaharyar M.Khan Tuesday called on President General Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad.
The meeting between the PCB Chairman and Patron of the PCB lasted nearly 45 minutes in which financial, cricketing, development and other matters were discussed.
After his meeting with President Musharraf, Mr Shaharyar, in a brief statement, said: "I am extremely encouraged by the support extended by the President. I am also grateful to the President for giving me the complete authority and powers to run Pakistan cricket.
"The President desires that the preparations for 2007 World Cup in the West Indies must begin and all efforts must be made in order to raise a winning team.
"The President wants that the development programmes, launched by the previous setup, must continue and also wishes that the new establishment must address grassroots to strengthen the cricketing base.
“I will be submitting to the President short term and long term plans in the next two to three weeks.”
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CP-- i m not saying anything about them but jang, nawa-e-waqt, etc reported that Zaheer is figihting for a place in new setup.... yes you can say i should not belive those reports but Zaheer was praising Tauiqr zia earlier when i belive he was part of the setup to some extent.
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Saby- You said it. Don't believe everything you read in Nawa-e-waqt/Jang etc. Same goes for The News. Their imagination and ananymous sources are so active that they have an endless amount of news to churn out.
A good example of an active imagination is given below. Notice the difference of reporting between The News and Dawn.
**India’s tour next year a significant
one from all aspects: Shaharyar **
*New PCB chief asks reputed LUMS institute to carry out research study
By Waheed Khan*
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan has come up with a sensible way to avoid belling the cat in the present cricket set-up left by his predecessor Tauqir Zia and at the same time run the cricket affairs on his own terms.
The 69-year old former career diplomat told his first news conference in Lahore on Wednesday that the reputed Lahore University of Business Management (LUMS) had been asked to carry out a research study on the Board and submit a paper on whether changes were required in the structure or it should continue in same manner.
“Lums will carry out a complete study of the requirements of the board, the needed manpower, departments etc. It will be on their report on the working of the board that I will decide whether changes need to be made, the employees need to be reduced or increased etc,” Shaharyar said.
**This is a clear sign that Shaharyar has realized by now that there is a bit of an excess in the Board structure but he is looking for a way to justify any changes he might eventually want to make.
And what better way to justify these changes than on the basis of a working report of a reputed business management institute who nobody would challenge.**
Shaharyar also made it clear that he would not be rushing into doing things and he would take his time.**This is one more indication that the former foreign secretary knows that it would be foolish to make any changes when just two months remain before the crucial tour by the Indian team which should be a real test of the administrative and organizational abilities of the board.
The fact that so far he has avoided making any changes to the present set up means he had made up his mind to maintain a status quo until the Indian series is over before embarking on his vision of how Pakistan cricket should be run.
The fact that President Pervaz Musharraf has given him a term until the 2007 World Cup means he is not short on time.**
But Shaharyar did indicate on a few occasions at the news conference that he was not happy with the present system of selection and the level of discipline in the team.
He pointed out that there was need for separate senior and junior selection committees as one committee could not be expected to do all the work.
He also expressed surprise that in the last few months there have been number of cases of one-match players for Pakistan which was an indication that there was need for more consistency in the selection process.
“When a player is good enough to play one match for Pakistan than why not more. I would like to stress on the fact that our selection system should make the domestic performances the main criteria instead of other reasons,” he said.
“On discipline there will be no compromise. No player is bigger than the nation,” he said an apparent reference to the ‘blue eyed’ treatment given to some players by his predecessor.
On the subject of cricket ties with India, he had no doubt that when India comes to Pakistan early next year it would help cement the peace process between the two countries.
“The Indian’s tour will help promote peace, harmony and diplomatic ties since cricket plays a very significant role in both countries,” he said and added “We will welcome the Indian team. It is good of them they have finally agreed to tour Pakistan. It is a very significant tour from all aspects,” he added.
Shaharyar also had no doubt that Pakistan’s successful tour of India in early 1999 on many fronts had paved the way for the visit by Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to Lahore later on.
He also insisted said that the Indians could tour Pakistan without any security concerns as Pakistan would make every possible effort to ensure the tour went smoothly. “Everyone realizes the importance of the tour,” he added.
Read the bold parts carefully. Now tell me if you would call that objective reporting or personal commentary on a news report? I dont have problem with comments but they should be given a seperate place in the paper, like Dawn and most other international papers.
But what do you expect from a paper whose journalists don’t even know the difference between “then” and “than”.
Abt the Zaheer Abbas comment: I dont think he was any different when he was with PCB. I’ve been reading his columns for sometime now and he’s been very vocal for as long as I remember. And he’s been right on most ocassions, IMO. If it hadn’t been for critics like Zaheer, I cant even imagine what kind of a mess tauqir would’ve left behind.
**PCB boss pledges merit in board’s affairs **
By Our Sports Correspondent
LAHORE, Dec 17: Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar M. Khan on Wednesday declared that merit alone would be criteria in the decision making process and pledged that a clean administration , transparency in all selections and public access to financial and other matters will be strictly followed.
Mr Khan while addressing a press conference also categorically stated that all the top posts would be filled through advertisements in papers and selection would be made solely on merit.
“Although I have all the powers of hiring and firing but I will follow constitution in making appointments,” he said. About people working honorarily or part-time for PCB, he said he would see if there was any conflict of interests. "I will review all the cases and it will take some time as hiring clean persons is not an easy task.
There are not many with the ability to run the country’s cricket affairs," he said. He said he had already taken steps for re-auditing the board’s accounts by best known auditors and requested Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) to conduct a management survey about required strength of staff for PCB.
“It has been pointed out to me by certain quarters that PCB is overstaffed but we should also take into consideration the increased responsibilities of new stadiums and academies. But a final decision in this regard will be taken in light of LUMS report,” he said.
He believed that only first class cricket should be made the basis for team’s selection, but stressed that he was not satisfied with the standard of country’s first class cricket, which he said must be equal in quality to Australian Sheffield Shield, India’s Ranji Trophy and England’s County cricket.
Mr Khan quoted Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower, who admitted thatplaying for Sheffield Shield was more demanding than playing a Test match. “I think Pakistan is near topping the world list for cricketers who played only one Test and were afterwards ignored without any justification like Mohammad Ramzan, Ijaz Ahmad Junior and many others,” he said.
He admitted that the existing PCB constitution was not perfect and said he would form a commission to carry out its review and makeamendments under a democratic process.
To a question about fixing a deadline for ending adhocism in PCB and making it in line with the constitution, he said he was unable to fix any deadline for the time being.
“It could take months, may be six to eight but I assure you the constitution will meet all the requirements and there will hopefully be no need to make frequent changes,” he added. Mr Khan said that excellent arrangements would be made for making the forthcoming Indian team’s visit to Pakistan a success.
Decide for yourself which one of the two is more objective, and more professional. Mr. Waheed’s personal comments not only made The News look more subjective and un-professional but it also meant that some very important parts of the news had to be edited out.
Anyway, keep an eye out and see if you can get us a preview of this management survery :k:
CP-- i read it :D i will get back to you on thse reports and your commetns, just hang on :)
and yes i ill let you know agar koi seminar wahigra pata chala :)
The PCB Chairman Shaharyar M. Khan Monday listed purely region-based cricket, talent-hunt at grass-roots level and raising of 100- plus coaches as the priorities of his recently-commenced tenure.
“The blue-print of my policies like regionalisation of first class cricket, spotting of talent at early-teenage level and establishment of a coaching institution for coaches will be released soon, may be in couple of weeks”, said the former Foreign Secretary, now 69, who took over as chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board hardly a week ago.
He was speaking at a reception, his first such function, arranged in his honour by Islamabad Cricket Association, at Diamond Cricket Ground, G-9–work on which was launched by previous PCB administration.
Shaharyar went round the ground and was briefed on the work by Ibrar Rizvi and Shakil Shaikh of ICA.
Replying to the points in the address of welcome by Rizvi, he said he
favoured the ideas of construction of a Stadium in the Capital City on a 30-acre land to be provided by ICA and restoration of its first class status.
But he emphasised that deeper thought and wider consultation should be given to the two matters.“My style is different. I want to take decisions after consultations with former players, technocrats and related persons”, he said.
Giving an example about the importance of examining a plan before its
launch, he said Convention Centre was built without having proper committee rooms and adjacent five-star hotel, lack of which aggravated security.
On assumption of his new office, he said though he had been manager of
national team twice, he had hitherto only a little experience of cricket
administration but I am now beginning to learn the ropes".
On the proposed Stadium in Islamabad, he said it should be assessed whether a huge stadium should be built or whether part of those 30-acres could be better utilised for building grounds for a vast number of children.
“Nevertheless, Islamabad has many grounds, thanks to CDA, as compared to
Lahore and Karachi”, he said. “We want to widen the net of grounds and grooming institutions to under-12, under-13 kids and to all parts of the country like Mianwali, FATA, Azad Kashmir etc.”, he said.
“Early teens is the right age to learn and not 17-18 years when a player has already developed a style”, he said.“I visited a school this very morning in F-8 and found out from kids that they needed coaching”.
“I can say that Pakistan has more raw, natural talent at club level than has, say England”, he said. “But we need to learn discipline to transfer this talent at top level because our players tend to give at least 50 runs away even before the start of an average international match, the reason being their poor fielding in later overs and sloppy running between the wickets”.
He said he would need at least 107 qualified coaches to spot budding talent at early-teen level so as to “harness kids enthusiasm for the game”. “Thanks to Gen. Tauqir we have 35-odd such coaches now but we need to open a coaches’s coaching institute”.
The PCB Chairman said cricket was played on region basis all around the
world, except in Pakistan where such a regional system had been adopted only
half-heartedly.“Regional based cricket is essential to keep interest of
spectators and we are working on overhauling the system”.
But, he added, consultation would be sought with the concerned departments before restructuring.“We should properly examine the matter as you cannot overnight change this system”.
He said discipline, merit and spotless financial transparency would be the criteria in his drive to achieve his goals.“We have ordered audit of PCB
accounts”".
All PCB administrative posts, whether of CEO, of media, or marketing, or else would be duly advertised and criteria for selection would be education, experience, know-how etc. for the given post.
However, later talking with newsmen, he said too many changes before an
important tour like that of India would not be suitable and added that itinerary of Indian tour would be out in a couple of days.
But he emphasised to a question that a visiting team should not choose the venues to play on. “It is the responsibility of the hosts to provide them full security but the matter of venues should be left to hosts also”.** To another question, he said he would welcome if stalwarts like Wasim Akram, Rashid Latif, Saeed Anwar wanted to come back. “I would not be a hurdle for them.**
You see, Jack Hobbs scored half his centuries at 40 or so”, he said but added that fitness was more necessary for One Day than Test cricket.
http://pakistantimes.net/2003/12/23/sports1.htm
Why did he choose the number 107? 
Will Wasim Akram, Saeed Anwar make a come back? Will Shahrayar fire Ramiz after the indian tour? question questions.