This is apropos a letter to the Editor titled ‘The limits of autonomy’in relation to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) carried by the newspaper on Thursday, Friday and yesterday.
There is, admittedly, a line that must not be crossed. Disclosure requirements should not compromise ongoing commercial negotiations, reveal proprietary business information or violate the privacy rights of individuals. But aggregate financial statements, expenditure patterns, governance structures and independent audit reports fall into a different category.
These concern institutional accountability rather than personal confidentiality. It is noteworthy that the PCB itself used to publish the board’s financial statements— containing expenditure details across all departments, including the chairman’s office— on the PCB website, until discontinuing the practice after the current administration assumed office in 2024.
Amir Randhawa (DG Khan)
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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