Football Cricket Board – Express Urdu

If you are reading this column, you must be a sports enthusiast, let me ask a question, who is the head of Pakistan Hockey Federation? Can’t tell without Google, let’s say who is in charge of the Football Federation? I don’t even know how many heads of the cricket board have changed in the last one year and what are their names?

Surely most of you must have got all the names in your mind, the thing is cricket is the most loved game in Pakistan, people pay attention to even the smallest things, Chairman PCB becomes a celebrity, The future of the big superstars is in his hands, the presence of billions of rupees in the accounts, world tours, who would not like to be the center of media attention all the time, who would let this golden bird go. .

Due to FIFA, money has certainly come in Pakistan football, but it is not possible to compete with cricket, that’s why no one wants to leave the post of chairman. The position is apparently honorary but it has many perks, it is not a normal job where you hand over responsibility to anyone. See, they have sunk billions of rupees in projects like Junior League.

The post of PCB chief is given on political grounds, Najam Sethi is no doubt an experienced administrator but when he got the message from his “party” that now we have to listen to our allies, go away quietly. He should have, apparently he did the same, even tweeted that he was not a candidate for the post of chairman, then his close figures continued to sue in court, the chairman’s election has been postponed due to stay orders.

The brain is not ready to believe that Najam Sethi has nothing to do with this whole issue, since PML-N is not in a position to oppose the PPP just for a game, so a solution to the issue had to be found. Of course, the ruling party must also have expressed displeasure over this situation, how can there be “fee saving” in withdrawing all the cases from Ekdam, so it seems that while looking for a temporary solution to the problem, a new management committee was formed under the leadership of Zaka Ashraf. He has started work after assuming office.

Now, if there are no more court cases in the next 2-3 days, then the perception of “deal” will be proved correct, but if the matter reaches the court, then a new war will start. Interestingly, Zulfiqar Malik is in the new management committee. are also included, they also filed a court case in the past few days, there is a top personality to “defend” Malik Sahib, so he need not worry, 2-3 days ago in London with his co-star Najam Sethi. Pictures of the “walk” were also revealed.

The purpose of forming a heavy 10-member committee seems to be that some are yours and some are ours. One solution can be that you keep your servant for 4-5 months and then the party that wins in the general elections becomes its chairman. Another option is this. That in one or two months, the management committee should form a new board of governors, after which the chairman will be elected, whatever it is, there should be no more fights because it will only harm domestic cricket. The ICC meeting is on the way. In this, many important issues are considered including the decision on the share of income.

Pakistan has to host the Asia Cup, then whether to go to India for the World Cup or not, this decision is yet to be made. How would the problems be solved without the chairman? Even in Diyarbakir, we joke that “Who is the chairman of your board today?” Zaka Ashraf has done good things as chairman in the past and once again he can lead Pakistan cricket on the path of development, but It is important to let them work without getting involved in issues, Najam Sethi waits a little.

We will see what happens after the general elections, he is a close associate of Nawaz Sharif, he can easily get another big post, he also worked for cricket and would not want to harm it, where the national interest Ego should be put aside, it looks good in the cricket ground, not in the court, don’t make it a football cricket board. Domestic cricket will be better.

Zaka Ashraf is a family man, there is no shortage of money, he is a billionaire because he is a successful businessman, his aim will be the good of cricket, he will not run after wealth but he should make the team good, PCB’s “Pharaohs” have to be got rid of, Najam Sethi could not do it even if he wanted to, but it is hoped that Zaka Ashraf will bring talented people on merit first and then do the work well.

In the past few days, he has got a good idea of ​​who are the people who are playing “double game”, those who used to visit him at home or office would also assure Najam Sethi of their loyalty, who is plotting to make him controversial. I attended and later kept giving explanations, he knows it too well, it is important to get rid of such people, no matter how good the captain is, if the team is weak, he can’t do anything, the head of the management committee should keep this in mind. Only then will you be successful.

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