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KARACHI: Former head of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has expressed his determination to raise the issue of political interference in sports at international forums. His comments came after top-level change in PCB administration on December 21, when Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif nominated a 14-member management committee headed by Najam Sethi to run the PCB affairs till the elections are held within the next four months.
#RamizRaja slams political interference in cricket to accommodate ‘#NajamSethi and his thugs’#ShahidAfridi pic.twitter.com/Sbyi7ZFcwK
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In a video shared on Youtube channel in which he responded to questions from the public, Raja said there should be “no involvement of politics in cricket”. He slammed what he called “political interference” by amending the cricket board’s constitution to accommodate himself incumbent chairman Najam Sethi and “his thugs”.
Ramiz Raja said cricket was a game for cricketers and was their playing field, adding that people from outside should not be brought in who “come and attack and think the work you are doing is not right”.