Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan has said it was unfair to blame national coach Geoff Lawson for all the ills in the team.

Imran said one should not expect a coach to perform wonders when a country's domestic cricket structure itself is weak.

"What can a coach do when the domestic structure is not right. There is need to improve our domestic cricket system first and foremost," Imran said.

He pointed out that if a coach could perform wonders then Bangladesh should have been world champions as they had the best coach in former Australian Dav Whatmore.

Another former captain, Javed Miandad also felt it was unfair to only blame Lawson for the team's poor performances.

"I don't think Lawson is solely responsible. The players should also take responsibility and I think they should be held accountable as well," he said.

Miandad felt it was necessary to bring some changes in the cricketing set up in the country and treat the players on equal terms.

"I have never agreed on having a foreign coach. But we need to overhaul our entire system and the board has to ensure it will not compromise on discipline and treat every player equally," the former captain and coach said. Lawson, the former Australian Test pacer has been facing an embarrassing situation since returning from Toronto where Pakistan lost the final of a Twenty20 tournament to Sri Lanka.

PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt publicly said he was a useless person and his contract was not being cancelled because this would mean huge financial burden on the board.

"I would not like to see him one day after his contract expires next year," Butt said.

Lawson has kept a low profile but former players believe that with the Board Chairman ignoring him and not meeting him and instead making strong statements in the press against him, the pressure is growing on the Australian to resign.