PCB Chairman breaks silence over media reports of change of name of Qaddafi Stadium Lahore

PCB Chairman breaks silence over media reports of change of name of Qaddafi Stadium Lahore

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Najam Sethi said while talking to the mediain Lahore that there was no plan to change the name of Qaddafi Stadium.

To a question put to him about the change of the name of the stadium, Sethisaid: “When I first joined the PCB, some people urged me to change the nameof Gaddafi Stadium and name it after Abdul Sattar Edhi. I tried to adhereto the same idea.”

He added: “[However] I believe that the historical names should remain thesame, for our memories are connected with them.”

It merits a mention here that Najam Sethi, in his previous term as PCBchairman, had proposed that the name of Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore be changedto Edhi Stadium in order to pay homage to the late philanthropist.