Express News screen grab of Najam Sethi.
“I said this before also, I didn’t want to come here,” Sethi said, referring to PCB.
The chair added that since he’s back, he’s contemplating whether or not he wants to stay.
“This is the patron’s decision. If he wants to keep me as chairperson, I’ll stay. If not, then he can bring someone else in,” he said.
Commenting on whether or not the cricket team has been paid for the last two tournaments, which include the Asia Cup and the World Twenty20, he said that the payments have been made.
“As of today, the cheques have been signed off and sent to the players,” Sethi said.
“I don’t like keeping anyone’s money on hold,” he added.
The chair also added that many players from the team called him prior to his reinstatement, and indirectly told him to come back as chair.
Sethi said that the Supreme Court has also sent him the orders to formally hand over the responsibility of PCB to him.
Regarding the security of the PCB, Sethi said that “there is no threat to PCB or me for that matter”.
“I roam around in an armoured car by choice,” Sethi added.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court suspended the decision to reinstate Zaka Ashraf as the PCB chairperson and restored Najam Sethi as the head of the body for the third time.
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In speeches Nwaz or Shahbaz advocate merit but practically they do opposite. I don't think that they will change their self one day.
This man when first appointed by dumb NS as PCB chairman said that he is not interested in taking the charge of PCB but NS requested him so. Now he is dying to stay as PCB chairman.
The pattern is Prime Minister of Pakistan.
What Sethi is saying is that he will stay there as long as his masters wish him to and he gives a damn to what the people of Pakistan want.
Forget the Patron in Chief, it is the cricket lovers all over Pakistan who does not wish to see you heading the PCB as Chairman.
Shame on you Nawaz Shareef
@sabi,
Please drink milk 2 glass daily so that you can grow up, My Friend
@sabi:
Great comment you just earn yourself a "Qeemay Wala Naan" for your services to PML-N
Good work Sharifs. Now I believe, you guys rock.
Ha Ha Ha. At least Najam Sethi has a sense of humor. Unless, ofcourse, he believes that all Pakistanis are idiots. LOL. The only reason he is back in contention is because the patron said so. Or does he think he is back because of his record or capabaility. Ha Ha Ha. Ghalib died and left some behind.
And Patron wants me for all my favours during taking care of his elections.
To all pti burn victims: Crying loud will not heal your wounds in fact it will add more miseries.Open your eyes and accept the reality which is, Pakistan is moving forward under NS leadership.Sooner you accept it better for you.Sethi is a bad man because he speaks truth and truth bites.IK is proven liar whole nation witnesses it every other day.
@Afrooz: Why? Zaka Ashraf was removed illegally. Same thing happened to him as to Nawaz Sharif in 1999. And guess what. The courts justified his removal too.
He lost his credibility long time ago.
Faisal I agree with you. The 35 puncher man is basically begging and close to rolling on the ground for having his stay extended. Hence the 35 Puncher justification.........
Geo wants to steal cricket from people of Pakistan. All those who are involved in this game of shame will not be forgiven by the people.
So right, as he is a Agent of UK, and ICC plus ECB are his patrons, so what is wrong in his statement; As far as Pak PM is concerned, he is patron of PCB not Najam Sethi; That's exactly what he said, His Patron, is of course not Pak PM but ECB & ICC;
@Realist: The patron of the board that is. "Patron" is the term used to describe the highest authority of the board namely the rigt honourable prime minister.
Like this guy, but he has become a true politician.
Mr Sethi's stance speaks his intellectual dishonesty.
Even for someone who has admired Sethi saab in the past, this seems rich. If you did not want this post, why did you fight for it so tenaciously?
This man is a charlatan journalist - marketing himself as unbiased, noble and intellecutal. After giving everyone lectures, it is he who does not stand on any sort of principle. A darling of indian trolls and and now a prince of nepotism this man.
ET, if you can print a dozen messages on the same article by gp65, polpot and the rest of trolls, surely the opinion of a pakistani has place in your paper?
Sethi sb please leave.
Such a selfless gesture....
I used to play musical chairs as a little kid but this is ridiculous.
You can resign if you have no stake in this lucrative post.
This is crystal clear evidence that Supreme Court is now run by Nawaz and Co. Also ECP has same status you can feel it 'Typo errors' in Sargodha
there's a thing called 'sharam' which Najam Sethi should apply on himself
@Afrooz: nice make me prime minister and leave me for one year sir what a funny statement by you, Mr sethi has no idea what cricket or management of cricket is leave him there to earn a lot of money :-)
Indirectly he's telling us he's going to stay & probably get himself elected when election for pcb chairman is conducted. What a joke he's becoming now, on weekends he becomes a news anchor who bashes all the opposition party of PMLN + Geo & bashes our army while he's holding the office of pcb, he's bringing a bad name to all of the journalist community, to our cricket & our country. Spare all of us Sethi Sahab!
Patron want to reward him for the services he did on 11 May 2013
Zaka Ashraf needs to walk away - he has lost this battle. Let Sethi run with this chair for 1 year and see the changes that he is able to bring to PCB.
This najam Sethi is a fraud!!
Sparrow Man
HAHAHA. The "unbiased journalist" has a patron. At least he's open about it! What a scam.
oh sethi you're such a liar
His remarks are as fake as he is. His master Nawaz got his stooges at the supreme court to reinstate him.