PCB rebuffs Ramiz Raja's claim about Najam Sethi's expenses
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PCB rebuffs Ramiz Raja's claims about Najam Sethi's expenses
LAHORE (Dunya News) - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday rejected the claim made by ex-chairman Ramiz Raja regarding the PCB Management Committee chairperson Najam Sethi’s expenditure.
Taking to Twitter, the PCB’s spokesperson issued a statement that stated "former chairman Raja’s comparison of his and Sethi’s expenses during his previous term is misleading and inaccurate as the circumstances are incomparable," "The Pakistan Super League (PSL) was organised in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on numerous occasions between 2016 and 2018," it added.
The spokesperson asserted that Sethi had never received PSL allowances and that the information had only been provided as a prospective payment, and in contrast, PSL 2022 was held under former chairman Mr Raja and was staged only in Karachi and Lahore," the statement noted.
Since the PSL and Pakistan’s domestic international matches were played outside of Pakistan under Sethi’s previous term, the PCB claimed that "foreign tour expenses are expensive" for Sethi. The board explained that as a result, the incumbent chairman had to frequently travel to the UAE for PSL, bilateral series, and related meetings.
"All travel expenses were approved by the appropriate authorities and were duly audited (internally and externally)," the statement mentioned. According to the Board of Governors’ decision, now Mr Sethi received a car allowance because he had to drive his own armoured vehicle owing to security threats. It instead pointed out that the PCB had given the outgoing chairman a brand-new armoured car for a staggering Rs16.5 million while the current chairman’s security costs were high because he required extra protection because he was a former chief minister of Punjab.
"Intelligence Bureau and Special Branch Punjab had issued advisory of threats to him," the PCB added.
"It is pertinent to remember that the current chairman had sent a legal notice to the PCB regarding the table of expenses as soon as these were made public through the PCB corporate website," it added.
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 28, 2022
