ISLAMABAD – Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Najam Sethi has finallybroken silence over the rumours circulating in the media regarding hisremoval and other allegations.
He has stated that if he feels new government does not want his services,he will resign from the post without having a second thought.
The expected Prime Minister-to-be, Imran Khan accused the current PCBChairman for rigging during 2013 general elections, who was the caretakerchief minister of Punjab at that time.
Sethi filed a defamation case against Khan after the allegations and therift between the two men has not been a secret since then.
As Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, Imran Khan’s party, won the general elections2018, it was expected that their government will replace Najam Sethi as thechairman PCB.
The man, who made PSL a reality, is unsure about his status at the boardand want clarity from the upcoming government.
“I will only work with dignity and honour,” said Sethi. “If I feel like thenew government does not want my services, I will go home without a secondthought,” Express Tribune quoted Najam Sethi.
“I don’t know about the current status myself. All I want is someone fromthe government to come and let me know if they want me to continue as thehead of PCB or not. If their response is they don’t want me here, I will gohome,” he added.
Sethi confessed that he is under pressure due to uncertain future and he isafraid that PCB operations might get affected by that.