Najam Sethi
| Najam Aziz Sethi نجم عزیز سیٹھی |
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| Chairman Pakistan Super League | |
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Assumed office 20 September 2015 |
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| Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board | |
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In office 24 June 2013 – 21 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Zaka Ashraf |
| Succeeded by | Shahryar Khan |
| 16th Chief Minister of Punjab Caretaker |
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In office 27 March 2013 – 6 June 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Shahbaz Sharif |
| Succeeded by | Shahbaz Sharif |
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| Born |
Najam Sethi 1948 (age 68–69) Kasur, Punjab Province, West-Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Spouse(s) | Jugnu Mohsin |
| Children |
Mira Sethi (daughter) Ali Sethi (son) |
| Relatives | Moni Mohsin (sister in law) |
| Profession |
Journalist Businessman |
| Religion | Sunni Muslims |
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| Born | c. 1948 |
| Residence | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Education | Masters degree |
| Alma mater | Government College University, Lahore; Cambridge University |
| Occupation | Journalist, TV Program Host |
| Known for | 1999 arrest by ISI |
| Notable credit(s) | 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 |
| Website | http://www.najamsethi.com/ |
Najam Aziz Sethi (Urdu/Punjabi: نجم سیٹھی; born c. 1948) is a Pakistani journalist and a left-leaning political commentator who serves as the editor-in-chief of The Friday Times, hosts the primetime current affairs show Aapas ki Baat on Geo News and serves as Chairman of Pakistan Super League. He also served as the caretaker chief minister of Punjab during the 2013 election.
Born in Lahore, Sethi studied economics at the Government College, and later moved to Clare College at the Cambridge University where he received his master's degree in economics and progressed as a PhD student; however, he left to join a socialist movement working for the rights of Baluchistan, leading to his arrest in 1975 before being discharged in 1978. He consequently left politics and established Vanguard Books, a progressive book publishing company.
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.
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