really najam sethi
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This appointment has Cronyism and nepotism written all over it
Sethi miyan ney election mein apney hath ka kamaal jo dikhaya
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Najam is having time of his life.
Looks like NS is making up for all the things he did to Najam.
BTW i like Najam, he is better then most if not all of the politicians in Pakistan.
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I don't buy that. He is educated but he is way too khushamdi or chaplos for my liking, someone who tries his best to be in the good books of everyone (no difference between him and Hamid Mir in that regard, makhan laganey mein donon mahir-e-Azam hein)
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A cricket-related personality (but not necessarily a cricketer) like Ifti or Chishti would have been my preferred choice
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A little something for IK supporters to enjoy
Senior analyst and former caretaker chief minister of Punjab Najam Sethi was appointed as the interim chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday, reported Express News.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved the appointment.
Mumtaz Haider, Chishti Mujahid and Arif Abbasi were also nominated for the post.
Talking to the press in Lahore, Sethi said that as an acting chairman he will forge his way forward carefully.
He said major decisions will only be announced after consulting with inter-provincial committees and the court.
“ICC had given us guidelines about how democratic elections should be held in the Board but later only realized that in countries like Bangladesh and Pakistan, democracy at the grassroots level isn’t possible because of corruption,” Sethi explained.
Critics have lashed out at Sethi’s appointment on the grounds that he has never played cricket.
“Pakistan Cricket Board has ten members and none of them have played first-class cricket,” Sethi retorted.
In a lighthearted comment, he added that he had played cricket as an opening batsman in his school years.
“Till the time Imran Khan was in the game, I followed the sport religiously,” he said.
**“Cricket is a very dear sport to Pakistanis and it is my passion. We won’t fail our people,” **Sethi added.
When asked if he’d be continuing his previous job at a private news channel he said, “Acting chairman or not, I’m a media person and I will return to my previous job next month.”
Earlier this week, the Islamabad High Court had ordered the government to appoint an interim head of the PCB after Zaka Ashraf was suspended from the post over a legal challenge to his election.
Ashraf was ordered to halt work last month amid a row over his election, which was criticised in some quarters as unfairly influenced by President Asif Ali Zardari, the board’s patron.
Ashraf, 60, became the first-ever elected chairman of the PCB last month under a new constitution demanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to reduce political interference.
But for the vote Zardari nominated Ashraf – whom he had appointed as chairman in 2011 under the old system deemed unacceptable by the ICC – and only one other candidate, former Lahore Stock Exchange chairman Aftab Ahmad.
Ashraf’s nomination was widely criticised by former players and officials because it was seen as politically motivated, with the cricket head coming from the same party as the president, and former Pakistan Army cricket coach Ahmed Nadeem Sadal challenged it in the courts.
Najam Sethi appointed interim PCB chairman – The Express Tribune
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Aamir Sohail made Chief Operating Officer (COO)
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Chalo amir sohail ki daal gal gai
Such appointments will only destroy Pakistan Cricket or whatever is left in it.
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Welcome to Roshan Pakistan!
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Lakh Lanatain…
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Aamir Sohail made Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Dau kori tau mil gayeen magar eeman tau bechna parah is kau..
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Aamer Sohail | Pakistan Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
…and he left the international scene early to work in broadcasting, where he might have tried harder to suppress his personal prejudices.
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Its a part of the culture of Pakistan that anyone can become anything...regardless of ability or insight...
The best would be that people are chosen from within the company...those guys know the nuts & bolts of minutes... :D
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Najam Sethi: I will ask ICC to reduce Aamir’s ban :smack:
](http://beta.dawn.com/news/1020463/selectors-to-be-held-accountable-for-results-sethi)http://beta.dawn.com/news/1020463/selectors-to-be-held-accountable-for-results-sethi
Don’t these people do their research? The ICC has no power to reduce the ban!!!
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wah wah wah…sub chor chor miley hain aapas mein…what nonsense!
He is one to talk about corruption when he hasn’t paid all his taxes…hiding his assets…what a mega IDIOT!
and he played cricket in school..hahahaha…didn’t we all? I was the umpire when ever my cousins played cricket…tho ab main SL cricket ki chairman banoo kya!
Pakistan, how much longer are you planning on taking such crap from your so called government?! Are you waiting for it fall into little little pcs?
It is not cricket anymore…it has become a mini parliament for all the stooges that helped NS and his..(am thinking for a polite a word…but I just can’t think of any right now!) 
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kia ICC mai bhi PML-N ke chor bethay howay hayn jo Najam Sethi ki “ask” sun len gai?
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Transparency International Pakistan Chairman Sohail Muzaffar has termed the appointment of Najam Sethi as caretaker chief of Pakistan Cricket Board unconstitutional.
In a letter written to the ICC President in March 2012, Transparency International Managing Director Cobus D Swardt stated that the reputation of cricket depended critically on the ability of its international and national governing bodies’ ability to tackle quickly both the on-field and off-field issues that threaten the game, and that “we think that millions and millions of cricket fans around the world desire nothing less but to be proud of the game they love so much”.
TI Pakistan had forwarded Lord Woolf’s report to the ex PCB chairmen, Ijaz Butt and Zaka Ashraf, requesting them to adopt its recommendation of prioritising good governance, anti-corruption and ethics in the affairs of PCB, which unfortunately were not adhered to by both of them, to enhance transparency in their tenures.
Sohail said, “We find the appointment of caretaker PCB chairman Najam Sethi by the present government against all norms of transparency and merit that the government promised to the citizens of Pakistan during their pre-election party manifesto.”
Sethi is not the best choice for the chairmanship because of the following:
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According to the PCB constitution, the acting chairman has to be selected from within the Board of Governors.
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He is a income tax defaulter of FBR, and has to pay Rs 10.6 million tax on the non disclosed income of FY 2009, according to Commissioner Inland Revenue, Lahore FBR letter No J 4535 of 24 April 2013.
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He has no experience of cricket.
Syed Adil Gilani, Adviser, TI Pakistan, said since the last 15 years, Pakistan cricket had been mismanaged by chairmen not having any experience of cricket, or were closely related to ministers, which had almost destroyed Pakistani Cricket.
At this point of time, Pakistan cricket needs person of spotless integrity like Justice Cornelius, known as the father of Pakistan Cricket and president of the BCCP 1961. The IHC on June 12, 2013 had directed the Inter-Provincial Committee to appoint an interim chairman who could represent PCB in ICC annual meeting next week, but the acting chairman has to be amongst the Board of Governors of PCB.
In 2011, the ICC required that its member boards become autonomous and free of interference from governments by June 2013. Removal of government interference had also been one of the Woolf report recommendations approved by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Accordingly new PCB constitution was made.
Syed Adil Gilani said, “It appears that unless government reviews its decision in the appointment of the PCB chairman for the sake of transparency and rule of law, the Supreme Court will have to take suo motu action in this case also.”
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What to say of a country whos journalists are also tax defaulters...the pen sold for a few silver coins.