Sethi nominated for ICC presidency

Former PCB chief also endorsed by Patron Nawaz Sharif

ABU DHABI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan and the Board of Governors (BoG) have unanimously nominated Najam Sethi as Pakistan's candidate for next year's International Cricket Council's (ICC) presidency term commencing on July 1.

PCB Patron Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Tuesday evening, endorsed the PCB's nomination of Sethi for the post.

“Sethi is a renowned international award-winning journalist who was given Pakistan's highest civil award, Hilal-i-Pakistan two years ago,” read a PCB press release.

“Last year, he served as the PCB chairman and helped fashion a new democratic constitution for the PCB, and later voluntarily stepped aside to make way for the election of Shaharyar Khan.”

It added that the BoG in its last three meetings had at various points greatly appreciated Sethi's contribution to Pakistan cricket during a difficult transition period and unanimously felt he was the best man to be nominated to represent the body of world cricket.

 

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