While it is correct that Najam Sethi is not an expert in the game of cricket, he happens to be a good administrator with diverse experience. And while we as cricket lovers often want cricketers to play a more significant role in the administration and propagation of game in the country, I have often seen many of the cricketers disagreeing on the issue. "A genius man is a genius in every single way"- they say and I hope Najam Sethi is successful in his current venture.

PCB chairman should be like a CEO of a cutting edge global company who is passionate about the game but doesn

There is no harm having a neutral person on this post for a change. I tis about time they bring accountability to this organization. New faces with new ideas are leading will bring about the much needed change. One should fire all the old established board members and directors.

The very nature of Nawaz Sheriff governance can be seen in his decision to ignore the " Constitution " of the PCB and making an unconstitutional appointment. This is from Prime Minister who has favoured to try Musharaf for treason when he ignored the constitution to fix country's dire problems. PCB constitution is as important to follow as national,or the institutions will never be democratic. Problem is that these professional politicians continue to prove their ignorance and lack of interest in the welfare of the coutnry in the long run. They are only interested in their own lives and settle accounts with eachother. In the end they will correct the problem only when ICC will threaten them. That is a shame.

Najam sethi should be banned on TV programs as violating the code of conduct of Journalism; He is a tax defaulter and article 61/62 violator as well.

This is the first article where I have found writer is earnestly asking for readers comments, suggestions to improve our PCB and its management style. Indeed a tough ask, however ... writer's question should be relayed to Gentleman who appointed Najm Sethi Whereas Ejaz Butt / Nasim Ashraf were novices in cricket and they stick to the posts like leeches and destroyed our cricket, again these were political appointments. I would like them to be trialed with SCP, can we ?. For PCB, I would suggest to bring in someone in the molds of Nur Khan who should dictate board's policy rather than player's terms. Cricket board should run like a semi-government institute where cricket and its matters related to selection, talent-hunt schemes, management, coaching should be taken care of by our ex-players ( if they are unbiased and have clean cricketing history with min 30 tests under their belt, no foreign coaches ). These members should be empowered enough to select the chairman out of their ranks, let politician stay out of it. Chairman in return should be accountable for selection committee performance on points system. An 8-members selection committees should be formed ( two member from each province after elections on district and provincial levels) to select teams. If 5 out of 8 members persist with selecting certain batsmen / bowlers / WK then only these 5 selectors should be questioned about their wisdom for choosing certain players who either failed to perform or were excellent performers. To keep things tight selector's additional perks and tour fees be released mid-way during our fiscal year and that too depending upon team's performance. There must be a Chief Executive in place as well, who should monitor the entire management and selection process and report same to the Ministry of Sports for more transparency, on monthly basis and no matter what reports be published in newspapers. PCB Chairman and selectors should lay down a policy to improve our Test Match performance, a plat-from which is instrumental in judging player's temperament, potential, guts, guile, class and sustainability to endurance. Not flash pans like Umar, Afridi, Hafeez etc... ( remember Bevan was a class ODI player today anyone hardly remembers him ). But people do remember likes of Javed, Zaheer, Salim Malik, Laxman, Dravid, Border, Dean Jones, etc.... We lost 3 test series to SA 3-0, no one made such a noise when we lost 3 matches in last CT ?. Wish to have more

There you go again the same old Sharif clan .Some people never learn .. do they ? Nawaz and his dictatorial autocratic psyche is out of control . This Sethi guy is only a stooge for the clan .. the team will be selected by the sharifs now ..PCB is effectively null and void. Great stuff for the human race indeed.

Mr Sethi unconstitutional appointment by Premier become controversial!! In my humble advice, he should resign honorably without having second thought or wasting anytime because otherwise he would be humiliated by High Court Order to unceremoniously vacate the post Interim Chairmanship PCB.

Mr. Sethi is definately the boss of PCB for the interim period. He will probably stay on for a couple of months, award the rights of Pak Vs S.A and Pak Vs Sri Lanka series to Geo Super and will quietly leave the scene. This talk of getting Aamirs ban reduced or fixing admin issues is just throwing dust in the eyes,

@Rohit: the set up in all Pakistani sports is a quota base ,meaning Karachi and Hyderabad can have one or two player in the national teams of Pakistan.While Punjab can have 7 or 8 players in any national team of Pakistan. So selector can not do any thing they have to select the national team on Quota basis.

@Ian: That will be possible when PCB is governed as a corporate entity (which is its nature). I haven't seen the interference of govt. officials in multinationals and other successful companies. The same attitude should be towards PCB as well. If we allow that to happen, things will start falling in the right place. All you need is to pick up the right people (Pakistani) to lead with a sense of direction and they need not be cricketers because we all have grown up watching cricket and we all know how the game goes.

It seems that the policy of "Right person at the Right place" does not exist in our country. In case of cricket, we have seen the humiliating ouster from the Champions Trophy competition. The deteriorating condition of this country is also the result of reckless postings of the inept people.

Just like many others, I am shocked and surprised on this hand picked chairman of PCB. Very simple to say that he got his payback for his loyalty to Mr. Nawaz Sharief. Welcome Mr. Sethi, you have made Noon League win in Punjab why not you get something. And by the way I hope your little Chirya (Sparrow) is fed good by Nawaz family.

THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS APPOINTMENT ,ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PRESENT PM, AND THE PREVIOUS PCB CHIEF WHO WAS A SELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT. THEY HAD THE CHOICE TO SELECT FROM A NUMBER OF PAST CRICKETERS,BUT ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE GONE DOWN THE WRONG ROAD,AS ALWAYS!!

Political appointees like DNA, IB, and ZA have destroyed cricket in Pakistan. NS is the new kid on the block; he loves to be in limelight; he is clueless about cricket. PCB needs professionals who are elected in a constitutional manner. Enough of political appointments.

The PCB chairman does not need to be someone who understands cricket - it just needs to be someone who knows how to run an organization, is educated and is a top notch professional. Whatever you have against Sethi, and I'm not a fan of his - you cannot deny that he has done a good job with his businesses and is pretty good at what he does. We do not need another cricketer who has no idea how to professionally run an organization. Lalit Modi was not a cricketer yet he built the BCI into a global powerhouse.

@John: As for as my long time observations are concerned for Pakistan's cricket! I think Mr. John is absolutely right on his point of view and nothing is fruitful then to appoint a professional but an impartial one in order to get 100 percent result.

Mr. Sethi is a writer and scholar. First of all it was unfair to make him Chief Minister Punjab. Now PCB Chairman. Are we short of veteran cricketers

@Anis, I don't understand these "experts" here. Being a cricketer is "NO" qualification to run an organization. We need an impartial & capable person to run PCB. Is Sethi one of them, I don't know!

WHAT ON EARTH NAJAM SETHI HAS GOT TO DO WITH THE GAME OF CRICKET OTHER THAN WATCHING IT ON TV. HIS APPOINTMENT EVEN THOUGH TEMPORARY IS SIMPLY CARRYING ON WITH THE OLD CORRUPT HABIT OF THE BOSS FAVOURING FRIENDS WITH CUSHY-JOBS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF QUALIFIED CAPABLE AND HIGHLY DESERVING PEOPLE IN PAKISTAN WHO CAN HELP IMPROVE THE CRICKET SITUATION AND EVERY CRICKET LOVER SHOULD RAISE HIS VOICE AGAINST "FOUL-PLAY" THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND GET THE BAD DECISION REVERSED .

This move by PM Nawaz Sharif is nothing but politically motivated as a "thank you" for tailoring Punjab's elections in getting Nawaz League elected in the province. If new constitution doesn't allow government interference then why Najam Sethi is being appointed? Secondly, if constitution says that in the situation where Chairman of PCB is incapacitated for any reason, than Board of Governors should appoint an interim Chief. This should have been the step. I hope some honest person will file the case in the Supreme Court and Supreme Court will similarly will dismiss Sethi on the basis of PCB Constitution. But I think Supreme Court is not fair and is biased in Pakistan, so there is no hope for Justice from these people.

There is not a shred of Dishonesty in Najam Sethi, a good man but the wrong choice for this position at this critical time. The Prime Minister should have reached out across the isle and asked Imran to take on this job as well. that would have created a more cordial Political climate and that would also have put the affairs and the team under an able cricket Master. Any one agree?

I think Sethi is rewarded for his safe caretaker role in period we were heading for May Election. Honestly, it did't taxed PML-N, you know, for now a safe heaven in Punjab. If Nawaz & Co Family Limited has learned something, they should help form a genuine democratic setup in PCB by sing Sethi Book Publisher.

It is sad on the part of rulers that giving them an opportunity to have a public office, they think they get a certificate to anything they want to. Shocking/Bad/sad/strange that is what happens in third world only. How Mr. Shethi can help cricket, I do not know. But one thing I know, Those who are holding public office and are not sincere to their position and is incompetent to the standards and norms of the position, they should be kicked out, rather should be put on trial to reply to all the acts they have performed and punished. They r enjoying public money, they are answerable to public and they must be scrutinized too. (Punishment is must).

@A Hakim: Hakim Sahib, please don't write in caps, you are killing my eyes. Most of us can read in small caps and understand you are emphasizing your point.

God bless pakistan cricket ! Even before settling the selection issues of Pakistan Cricket Team, now there are board issues on the line. For this very reason ICC Doesn't grant Pakistan to Hold any Major ICC Trophy or even any Series. Once again the politics interuption had doomed pakistan's major sport Cricket. Specialist and Highly knowledgable persons of the relevant field has the right to be granted with such High Post. Without any doubt, Najm Sethi is a Highly knowlegable Person and a specialist in many other fields but cricket isn't his DESTINY. :(

Najam Sethi is not the right candidate for this job. This is politically motivated move just to reward Sethi for his "work" before and during elections. Majid Khan is the right choice as he will "straighten" everything up. Chisti Mujahid should be the second choice after Majid Khan.

The man who should have got the job was Majid Khan. He is the only Pakistan cricketer apart from Imran Khan who has the world wide respect in the cricketing circles. However because of his relationship with IK he was not chosen.

its a gift to CM for making PML (N) win in punjab

@Najam Mirza: He's also done a good job during his caretaker chief ministership.You appear to b a nice judge.Pakistan does not need sharpers like Sethi.