This is apropos a letter to the Editor titled ‘The limits of autonomy’ carried by the newspaper on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and yesterday.
Good governance does not require political interference in cricket administration.
Equally, autonomy should not translate into the absence of oversight. If the Right of Access to Information Act does not adequately address the peculiar status of statutory sports bodies, Parliament may need to consider an appropriate framework that preserves commercial confidentiality while ensuring independent financial oversight.
An external audit mechanism or similarly independent supervisory arrangement would strengthen, not weaken, the board’s credibility.
Public confidence in institutions is sustained not merely by success on the field but also by transparency off it. The PCB’s autonomy deserves protection. So does the principle that bodies exercising public authority must remain answerable for how they conduct their affairs.
Salman Khurshid, Karachi
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