--- title: "Azhar Ali calls on Aaqib Javed to step aside over team performance" description: "Most outlets led with Azhar Ali's public criticism of Aaqib Javed, urging him to step down due to concerns over the team’s poor performance and decision-making. The Nation described the remarks as a \"scathing attack,\" while Minute Mirror framed it as a call to step aside over unspecified handling issues. Both excerpts highlight the former captain’s dissatisfaction but differ slightly in the tone and phrasing of the criticism." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/7128-azhar-ali-urges-aaqib-to-step-down-after-team-s-poor-run site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Azhar Ali calls on Aaqib Javed to step aside over team performance sports · updated 8 Sep 2026, 5:38 AM PKT · 7–8 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with Azhar Ali's public criticism of Aaqib Javed, urging him to step down due to concerns over the team’s poor performance and decision-making. The Nation described the remarks as a "scathing attack," while Minute Mirror framed it as a call to step aside over unspecified handling issues. Both excerpts highlight the former captain’s dissatisfaction but differ slightly in the tone and phrasing of the criticism. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **The Nation** — [Azhar Ali urges Aaqib to step down after team’s poor run](https://www.nation.com.pk/08-Sep-2026/azhar-ali-urges-aaqib-step-team-s-poor-run) · 8 Sep 2026, 5:38 AM PKT > KARACHI - Former Pakistan captain Azhar Ali has launched a scathing attack on Director High Performance and national selector Aaqib Javed, questioning his decision-making and urging him to step aside if he cannot turn around the fortunes of the struggling national team. - **Minute Mirror** — [Azhar Ali urges Aqib Javed to step aside over Paki...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/azhar-ali-urges-aqib-javed-to-step-aside-over-pakistan-crickets-decline-626261/) · 7 Sep 2026, 7:59 PM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing > Former Pakistan captain Azhar Ali has strongly criticised Director of High Performance Center Aqib Javed over his handling ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Saeed Ajmal calls for Aqib Javed's removal after Test series losses to England](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6050-remove-aaqib-javed-too-saeed-ajmal-blasts-pcb) · 2 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 77% related - [Former Pakistan coach Jason Gillespie criticizes Aaqib Javed over team changes](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6404-ex-pakistan-coach-jason-gillespie-tells-aaqib-javed-to-look) · 4 Sep 2026 · 12 outlets · 76% related - [Aqib Javed blames Babar Azam and Sarfaraz Ahmed for England Test series defeat](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6622-aqib-javed-blames-pakistan-captain-and-head-coach) · 2 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 74% related - [Azhar Ali criticises PCB over instability and lack of vision](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6204-azhar-ali-blames-instability-for-pakistan-cricket-crisis) · 3 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 72% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 7–8 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.