Najam Sethi

Najam Aziz Sethi نجم عزیز سیٹھی
Najam Sethi at the launch of PSL in 2015
Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board
In office 23 December 2022 – 22 June 2023
Appointed by	Shehbaz Sharif
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Shehbaz Sharif
Preceded by	Ramiz Raja
Succeeded by	Zaka Ashraf
In office 10 August 2017 – 20 August 2018
Appointed by	Nawaz Sharif
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif Imran Khan
Preceded by	Shahryar Khan
Succeeded by	Ehsan Mani
In office 24 June 2013 – 16 May 2014
Appointed by	Nawaz Sharif
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by	Zaka Ashraf
Succeeded by	Shahryar Khan
Chairman of the Pakistan Super League
In office 20 September 2015 – 20 August 2018
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ehsan Mani
Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab
In office 27 March 2013 – 6 June 2013
Preceded by	Shehbaz Sharif
Succeeded by	Shehbaz Sharif
Chairman of Mitchell's
In office 2020 – 10 November 2022[1]
Preceded by	S.M. Mohsin
Succeeded by	Shahzad Ghaffar
CEO of Mitchell's
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 November 2022[2][3]
Preceded by	Naila Bhatti
Personal details
Born	Najam Abdul Aziz Sethi (1948-05-20) 20 May 1948 (age 75) Kasur, West Punjab, Pakistan (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Spouse	Jugnu Mohsin ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	Mira Sethi (daughter) Ali Sethi (son)
Alma mater	St. Anthony High School, Lahore
Occupation	Journalist, TV Anchor
Profession	Journalist Businessman
Known for	Editor-in-Chief The Friday Times
Awards	CPJ International Press Freedom Award (1999) Golden Pen of Freedom Award (2009) Hilal-i-Imtiaz Award in 2011[4]
Website	www.najamsethi.com

Najam Aziz Sethi (Urdu, Punjabi: نجم سیٹھی; born 20 May 1948^[5]) is a Pakistani journalist, businessman and cricket administrator who formerly served as the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in three different tenures. He is also the founder of The Friday Times and Vanguard Books. He has served as a caretaker Federal Minister of Pakistan and Chief Minister of Punjab.

As a journalist, he is a left-leaning political commentator who serves as the editor-in-chief of The Friday Times and formerly served as the Chairman of the Pakistan Super League.^[5] He has also served as the caretaker chief minister of Punjab during the 2013 election. He formerly used to host primetime current affairs show Aapas ki Baat on Geo News.^[6] He is currently the President of AAP Media Media Network / Indus News.^[7]

Najam Sethi began his sociopolitical endeavours with the socialist movement working for the rights of Balochistan, leading to his arrest in 1975 before being discharged in 1978. He consequently left politics and established Vanguard Books, a progressive book publishing company.^[6]

In 1989, Sethi along with his wife Jugnu Mohsin launched an independent English weekly, The Friday Times. He was arrested by the second Nawaz Sharif government in 1999 on trumped-up charges of treason before being released by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. In 2002, he founded the Daily Times of Pakistan and became its editor until leaving in October 2009. He also served as the Pakistan correspondent of The Economist from 1990 to 2008.^[6]

Sethi won the 1999 International Press Freedom Award of the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists and the 2009 World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award. On 26 March 2013, his name was approved for the interim position of the chief minister of Punjab as a result of consensus between members of the selection committee comprising individuals from both the governing and the opposing political parties.^[8] He took the oath on 27 March 2013, and left the office after the May 2013 elections on 6 June 2013.^[9]