Lahore, Feb. 7 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt dropped another bombshell on board’s director general Javed Miandad saying that the former captain was paid 8.4 million rupees for a week’s work in an year.

“Miandad has cost the board 8.4 million rupees for just seven days of work,” Butt said during a function at the National Cricket Academy (NCA).

Butt also accused Miandad of violating the board’s code of conduct.

It may be noted that days ago Butt had said that Miandad was being paid 7.5 lacs, and if his other expenditures were to be included, he was costing the board almost 10,00,000 rupees.

Karachi, Dec 19 : Under fire, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has told President Asif Ali Zardari he could not attend a parliamentary panel meeting on the participation of Pakistani players in the Indian Premier League (IPL) due to a pre-arranged appointment "of a highkly sensitive nature".

Lahore, Nov. 28 : Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has said that the board would make all possible efforts to address the issue of massive financial irregularities during previous regimes.

Patting his own back, Butt said board’s current set-up provided all help during the recent audit of the PCB, which revealed massive fallacies in its accounts during the last three financial years from 2005 to 2008.

Karachi, Nov. 20 : Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has said there is slim possibility of controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar returning to international cricket.

“Shoaib is already 34, and with a history of fitness problems, is unlikely to make a comeback,” a website reported Butt as saying in response to a query whether the recent liposuction surgery would enhance the right-arm pacer’s changes of a comeback for the forthcoming Australia tour.

Karachi, Nov 19 : Pakistan's cricket chief Ijaz Butt has ruled out the return of controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar to international cricket.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman said Shoaib is already 34 and with a history of fitness problems is unlikely to make a comeback.

Butt was responding to a query whether Shoaib's decision to undergo liposuction would boost his chances of a comeback for the Australia tour next month.

Butt said Pakistan has a number of young fast bowlers to choose from and that makes Shoaib's chances of a comeback "very remote".

Karachi, Nov. 14 : Notwithstanding Younis Khan’s remarks about altercations among senior players in the team, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt has said there is no rift inside the squad.

“I don’t believe in these speculations. Every time the team is not doing well, these kind of speculations and rumours (of internal rift) start coming around, and there is nothing like that in the team. Younis needed a break and he took it,” Butt said.

Lahore, Nov. 5 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief, Ijaz Butt, has said that his meeting with Indian counterparts was held in a positive atmosphere and expressed hope that cricketing ties between both countries would resume in 2010.

Interacting with media persons soon after arriving at Lahore from New Delhi following an eight-day India visit, Butt said he is optimistic about a bilateral India-Pakistan series at a neutral venue next year.

Mohali, Nov 2 : Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt met Indian cricket board president Shashank Manohar here Monday and requested for the resumption of bilateral ties between the two neighbours.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) spokesman Rajiv Shukla told reporters here Monday that Manohar explained to Butt that there was little possibility of a bilateral series between the two countries in the next seven-eight months due to India's packed international calendar.    

Johannesburg, Sep. 28 : The Pakistan Cricket Board is planning to bid for the 2014 Twenty 20 World Cup, and the board chairman Ijaz Butt has already begun lobbying for it in South Africa where the ICC Champions Trophy is going on.

“The next two Twenty20 World Cups have been already been allotted. We would bid to host the 2014 event in Pakistan and hopefully by that time the conditions to host international events would be ideal in our country,” The News quoted him, as saying.

Lahore, Sep. 20 : Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt has said that Indian and Pakistan would soon be playing bilateral series at a neutral venue.

Addressing a press conference at the Gaddaffi stadium here, Butt said the PCB has received the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) latest Future Tour Programme (FTP) in which there is a proposal of several matches between the two sides.

“We have received a fresh draft of the FTP which is two blocks of four years each, from 2012 to 2016 and to 2020. In it we have Tests, one-dayers and Twenty20 matches against India,” The Daily Times quoted Butt, as saying.

Lahore, Aug. 28 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hopes to receive up to 18 million dollars from the International Cricket Council (ICC) over the stripping of hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup, its chairman Ijaz Butt said on Friday.

“At the moment the figure is around rupees one billion (12 million dollars) but I hope it could go up to rupees 1.5 billion (18 million dollars) by the time World Cup begins in 2011,” Butt told reporters in Lahore.

PakistanBefore leaving for Dubai, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has admitted that he has been ready to resign from PCB if Pakistan President Asif Zardari, PCB's chief patron is not satisfied with his work as chairman of PCB as claimed by "Express" newspaper on Sunday.

Butt, who will meet with ICC president David Morgan in Dubai, said that he was given the responsibility to improve Pakistan cricket and he has performed his duty with honesty and dedication but he would quit his post if the president is still not satisfied with his work.

Lahore, July 16 : Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt has said he will continue to fight for Pakistan's right to host the 2011 World Cup.

Butt said he would meet International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan in Dubai later this month and discuss the issue of Pakistan being denied hosting rights of the quadrennial event.

Commenting on the PCB's absence from the World Cup 2011 Central Organising Committee (COC) meeting, Butt rejected the allegation that Pakistan had boycotted the meeting.

Islamabad, July 15 : Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt is headed for further trouble with the National Assembly's (NA) Standing Committee on Sports recommending issue of a bailable warrant against him.

The committee, which is headed byJamshad Desti, said that a bailable warrant should be issued against Butt for his `intentional absence' from a committee meeting.

The meeting was called to discuss several issues of the board, including the controversial resignation of Abdul Qadir from the chief selector's post.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced that it has dissolved Pakistan’s senior and junior selection committees into a single governing body, which will be led by former Pakistan captain Wasim Bari on Tuesday.

PCB said that Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has dissolved national senior and junior selection committees into an interim selection committee which has been effective from the immediate effect.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been still optimistic for relocation of 2011 World Cup matches to neutral venues even after rejection PCB demand by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in the meeting of four hosts, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and ICC representatives, which held in London earlier this month.

The PCB chairman, Ijaz Butt said that they have been still hopeful to find solution for this problem as they will continue to consider various options which could be accepted by everyone.

Lahore, Apr. 2 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has said that Pakistani players who sided with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) would only be considered for selection in the national squad after they terminate their contracts with the ICL.

"The only way out for them is to first resign and then terminate their contracts with the ICL then they can be considered for selection," The Daily Times quoted Butt, as saying.

Lahore, Mar. 10 : The Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, Ijaz Butt has rebuffed demands of stepping down from the post in the wake of Lahore terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team.

"Pakistan cricket is facing a huge challenge and crisis. But I will stay on and try to improve things and put Pakistan cricket back on track," The Nation quoted Butt, as saying.

He said that the PCB would invite any foreign team to visit Pakistan only after getting firm assurance from the government on the security arrangements.

Islamabad, Feb. 13: Sacked Director General of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Javed Miandad has refuted reports of him having differences with Board Chairman Ijaz Butt, saying he wanted to serve Pakistan cricket and help regain its lost glory.

Miandad also denied that there was a financial issue behind his removal from the post, saying he is ready to serve to uplift the standard of the game in the country, free of cost.

Karachi, Feb. 13: Retaliating against Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt's criticism of the Senate Standing Committee on Sports, the body has now filed a privilege motion against him.

Committee members charged Butt with violating the privilege of the Senate.

"The PCB chairman has passed negative remarks against the sports committee that is tantamount to the breach of privilege of the Senate," The News quoted a member of the committee, Haroon Khan, as saying.