"We are ready to host Sri Lanka" : Najam Sethi

[Cricket_Hacker]

Najam Sethi at Press conference held in Lahore

"Had this drama continued for a while, it would have been disturbing. I had 2 phone calls from concerned persons, one foreign and one local who asked about their futures. One of them didn't want to work under the other Chairman." "I had earlier written to the patron to not extend my tenure which ends 9th June. In Islamabad High Court, Taffazul Rizvi put forward the same stance." "There is no threat to the PCB or to me although some journalists are under threat. It is true that I have an armored car, but it has nothing to do with the PCB" "I have heard about this Naved Arif but he's playing away for 4 years and he has nothing to do with Pakistan" "I appointed Rashid Latif to eradicate corruption so that players would be afraid of doing anything illegal and a good system will take root." "The ICC has not expressed any reservations about the situation with PCB" "It is not true that the powers of the Patron are on the rise. In my view, they should be diluted further" "However, the Patron does have his interest in the game and it should stay that way" "My hope is that other good players join us so that we can all get together and do something good for Pakistan cricket" "I will meet the players in the training camp. Many players individually phoned me. They asked for me to continue with the professional approach that we have" "My advice to players is to not give up hope and carry on with your work." "We have put the right systems in place for our players. No one will be able to alter them as they are such transparent and solid systems. We have also received some great feedback on these" "Re Umar Akmal 2012 issue: Subhan will look into the file on this incident today. If anything, this reflects very well on Umar Akmal as he told us that he was approached." "I am doing my best to invite a foreign team to play in Lahore." "There will be no security issues as we will provide the best security here under the cover of Punjab Govt" "Great statement from Sri Lanka president. I was very happy. I asked Subhan, if this has happened before and did we follow up then" "This time we have drafted a response which will be sent out to Sri Lanka Cricket board today about the statement of SL President "We are ready to host Sri Lanka" "We have asked them to make a commitment and we are already working on it. We will fix Pakistan cricket domestically and also revive it on an international level - We will use all kind of diplomacy to achieve this goal" "The decision of Supreme Court is simple and it has been announced." "As we know, Zaka Ashraf was restored, but our status was not known. So we were waiting for a detailed judgment. Now, IPC gave clearance and we are back."

[achilles]

Sure darling. But is Sri Lanka ready to be hosted by you?

[Stuge]

they will not even dare to go pakistna right now .

[Switchblade]

Sethi sahab has briefed Nawaz Sharif about the MOS they have signed with India and how they host India 4 times and India hosts Pakistan twice.So he has asked Sharif to mention this thing when he visits India :cantstop:

[FischerTal]

Who will get shot this time? :hmmm:

[waqas850]

Yes, Sri lankan team should come in Pakistan to play the matches.

[SLICKR392]

they will not even dare to go pakistna right now .

The fans of both these teams are bhai bhai. Let's see how their boards react.