ISLAMABAD – Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Sethi hasbroken silence over the severe allegations levelled against him.
Sethi has rejected allegations about phone tapping of board officialsduring his tenure as board’s chief.
Sethi said that the board has been affected by internal rivalries andcorruption and people who are spreading such lies are not sincere with theorganisation.
“It looks to me that those who were indulging in such activities spreadthis lie about phones being tapped. What this points to is a tragedy whichis that the PCB has been beset with internal rivalries and corruption,”Sethi said while talking to *PakPassion.net*.
“This has eroded the organisation and I have had to fend off such lies andpropaganda which has been originating from within the organisation.”
He added: “The facts are that there was a lot of leaking of PCB’s internalaffairs due to rivalries inside the establishment and information which wasfalse was being given out to undermine each other. I sent out a notesaying, please do not do this and if we find out who is leaking informationwhich is damaging PCB, then we will take action against those persons.”
Sethi — who resigned as PCB chairman soon after Prime Minister Imran Khan’soath-taking ceremony — also said that the PCB cannot function if thegovernment is not on its side which is why he vacated his position.