as far as Sami is concerned, as much as I am/was opposed to Sami, you've got to give the captain the players he wants. if Yousuf wants Sami, he should get Sami. if Yousuf wants Younis, he should get Younis.
Its good to provide the player a captain asks but then they should also be consistent with their policy like if a player is being recalled then he better have recent results to back that recall. Sami DID NOT earn that recall. Younis was requested but Younis had to earn the recall. That is something they need to fix... to be consistent.
and as far as Malik is concerned, I don't how the learned Pakistani fans came to this conclusion. if there is a politician in the team, it is Afridi. the man has been playing games for a long time. want proof. watch Afridi's interviews after 2007 world cup. watch how he "backed" his captain. if I were the captain, I'd demand that he be dropped right there and then if he won't unconditionally back the captain of the team. watch Wasim's comments when Afridi was made the T20 captain on how desperately he had been fighting for the captaincy. Wasim didn't say it once. he said it twice... sarcastically.
You don't know how they reached this conclusion? Then you are not in touch with what happens with(in) the team. There is not just one report about Malik playing politics but over a long period of time and different sources.
the idiot is already in his mid thirties. so, he's going to be playing well into his forties I take it?
Unfortunately, on paper, there is only 2 years difference between two idiots (Malik and Afridi) :D