Dont know much about this guy.
He has played some tests for Pakistan in late 50s and early 60s. Ijaz Butt
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I hope he will do something good for cricket in Pakistan
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i am pretty sure he'll do a much better job than Nasim ashraf. Just like the affairs of the country, he has to start from his predecessors mess and work his way through this pile of mess left by Nasim Ashraf.
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finally now we have some cricketer as a chairman instead of a military or a doctor lol
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It's going to take something special to take Pakistan Cricket out of this mess. Keep your fingers crossed.
iT WAS IN 1959 THAT I WATCHED IJAZ BUTT OPEN PAKISTAN INNINGS WITH HANIF MUHAMMAD AGAINST WEST INDIES AT THE NSK.
WEST INDIES, BY LUNCH, WERE BUNDLED OUT....AND POST LUNCH SAW PAKISTAN BAT....
THE WEST INDIES TEAM (per memory) COMPRISED OF;
Rohan Kanhai, Basil Butcher, Charlie Griffith, Alexander, Nurse,
Wesley Hall, Gilchrist, Garfield Sobers.....and more.
The PAKISTAN TEAM (per memory) COMPRISED OF;
Fazal Mahmood, Khan Muhammad, Hanif Muhammad, Imtiaz Ahmed,
Ijaz Butt, Nasimul Ghani, Wallis Mathais, Haseeb Ahsan...and more.
A businessmen---IJAZ BUTT is a good choice except that there are some 'pindits' who will be "surresh" to him with their thoughts & ideas.. and if Mr. Butt survives that...then the chances of Pakistan Cricket are also bright to survive.
He MUST...immediately...go for a very strong MEDIA GM....because the entire ball game of CRICKET is controlled by MEDIA hype and MEDIA handling...even if there are BOMBS in the ground--that the guests are ready to play (example: Australia in INDIA and fun fun fun...despite continuous bombings there...and still Mr. Ponting as happy as a Lark!)
Cheers--------
*October 08, 2008 Wednesday Shawwal 08, 1429 *
Ijaz Butt named new PCB chairman
By Imran Ali Teepu
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: President / Patron of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), on Monday appointed former Test cricketer Ijaz Butt as new chairman of the cricket board.
Federal Secretary Sports Ashraf Khan told Dawn on Tuesday that a formal notification to this effect is most likely to be issued on Wednesday.
The post of the chairman PCB had been lying vacant after the resignation of last board chief Dr Nasim Ashraf on Aug 18 when Pervez Musharraf resigned from the presidency.
According to Mansoor Suhail, PCB Director Media, Ijaz is the 26th chairman of the PCB.
A former Test wicket-keeper/batsman, Ijaz has played eight Test matches for Pakistan and is also one of the Governing Board members of the PCB.
Former Test fast bowler Aaqib Javed, when contacted to comment on the appointment of Ijaz as the chairman PCB, said: “It was a long demand of former Test players that a Test cricketer should be appointed the head of the board and so it is a right step.
“Ijaz has the experience of management as well as knowledge of the game,” Aaqib stated, adding that Ijaz is well aware of the PCB affairs.
Aaqib further stressed that there must be a balance in the powers of the chairman PCB and the Governing Board members for the better management of cricket.
He also highlighted that the biggest challenge for the new chairman will be to revive international cricket in Pakistan.
“The biggest front for the new chairman is to convince foreign teams to come to Pakistan to play cricket because due to the security concerns some cricket playing nations are not willing to play in our country,” he said.
He also mentioned the competition that the PCB faces on the global level particularly after the recent steps taken by the Indian board.
“The Indian cricket board has set new standards for the developing countries’ cricket boards as they have increased the financial packages for their domestic players besides introducing the Indian Premier League (IPL),” Aaqib stated.
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Only time can tell whether its a good decision or not … 
so just … do … what we do best ..
wait n watch
Does he have any connections with PPP?
Profile of Ijaz Butt.](http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/40555.html)
Is this the same guy who used to talk to the media as a representative of the PCB during Shakoor Rana - Gatting incident?
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Hsu ji Ap ny is khabar ky shuru main Braeking News kion nahi lagaya:D
Cricinfo! He served as the secretary of the then Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan between 1984 and 1988. He was also the president of the Lahore City Cricket Association for many years. He toured Australia in 1982-83 as manager of the Pakistan team and twice headed the national selection committee. In 2008, at the age of 70, he was appointed as chairman of the Pakistan board following Nasim Ashraf's resignation.
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What a looser (i.e. Ejaz Butt).
Why is he publicly trashing his own coach? Whatever the performance of coach is you dont say in public “his contract will not be renewed after end of term” and “the sort of coach he is, we dont neet to pay him high pay” etc …
Very bad first impression … at least on me!
In retaliation, Geoff Lawson issued a statement voicing his thoughts on the issue and that he will complete his full 2-year term (CricInfo).
I really don’t know what was the thought process behind Ejaz But’s public raising of an issue when most of what we have played against consists of lower-ranked teams and mean winning streaks. I see Geoff Lawson in the dressing room amongst the team in every match Pakistan has played. Bob Woolmer had a laptop and he used to get scathing remarks from Miandad and company (“laptop coach”). I don’t believe Lawson have performed any less so far.
What a way to humiliate a national coach, telling openly in the media that the coach will be pushed out after his term ends. Such a statement just demoralizes the team and it reflects on him as the PCB chairman. I don’t know what the basis was, behind Ejaz’s statement, to be honest. I see that the team did not perform well before the T20 cup but talking about removing someone from a high-profile position the first thing after accepting the new role as the chairman is not exactly a friendlier move.
True. I mean if he is not performing good, talk behind doors even fire him but if he is a coach give some respect to him. For heaven how will the other teams respect him if our own chief is not respecting him. I see Ejaz’s statement more than criticism, his statements are insulting ones.
If my boss tells me that once I am done with the project I am working on in couple of months, I’ll be fired, will he still expect me to work with “dil-o-jaan” in next couple of months?
Reverse Swing: All eyes on Mr Butt
By Saad Shafqat (DAWN)
Whether Ijaz Butt is the right man for the job only time will tell. The encouraging sign, for now, is that his appointment has been well received in cricket circles and endorsed by a wide spectrum of cricket personalities.
They say the post of PCB chairman is the most sought-after in Pakistan after the offices of the president, army chief, and prime minister.
Little surprise, then, that it attracts mal-intentioned Machiavellian personalities who are highly skilled at grabbing power but have no good idea what do with it.
Take a look, for example, at some of the activities that recent chairmen of the PCB have been up to: (a) inserting yourself in the team’s practice sessions and hanging out in their dressing room in the middle of a Test match; (b) making the national captain wait outside your office for hours, just because you could; (c) uttering straight-faced denials that there is nothing wrong with Pakistan’s domestic cricket; and (d) corrupting selection procedures to force through your own son into the Pakistan ODI side.
Any of these actions should have been enough to get these misguided individuals booted from office. Yet they remained firmly in place, unaccountably backed by a military dictator even as the graph of Pakistan cricket kept slipping and sliding. With the dictator gone and a democratically elected head of state in the presidency, fans expected something better. They have not been disappointed.
So let’s hear some cheers and claps, everyone, as we welcome Ijaz Butt, the new head of the Pakistan Cricket Board. He comes highly recommended, with years of experience, and a solid reputation earned from administration in cricket as well as in business. To top it all, he’s even played Test cricket, and therefore knows the highest levels of the game firsthand. Asif Iqbal recently made the point that you don’t necessarily need a Test cricketer to head the PCB. True enough, but after what we’ve been through, an ex-cricketer who also has a strong administrative record does seem a godsend.
In case you’re wondering, Butt is only the third ex-Test cricketer appointed to the chairmanship of the PCB, the two others being A.H. Kardar (1972-77) and Javed Burki (1994-95). The list of PCB chairmen, dating from the board’s inception in 1948, is otherwise dominated by bureaucrats and generals, with a handful of judges thrown in. There have also been a few cases — Nasim Ashraf being the most obvious — of unqualified hangers-on who had ingratiated themselves with the dictator du jour.
This hardly seems the best way to run the national cricket board, but it’s no different from how we’ve been running the country. Understandably, Pakistan cricket has been an accurate mirror over the years of Pakistan as a nation.
Both have seen flashes of brilliance despite weathering a string of undeserving and inept leaders at the helm, and neither has had the benefit of a constitution that was unambiguously adopted and followed. The end-result, in either case, is an entity that has failed to mature structurally and institutionally, and whose true potential remains far from realised.
Pakistan cricket’s great and long-term hope, therefore, lies in Pakistani democracy, because the chairman of the PCB is ultimately accountable to Pakistan’s cricket-loving public. This is (or should be) structurally ensured by a rigorous constitution that gives regional cricket associations from across
Pakistan a representative stake in the board’s governing body. The regional associations, in turn, are (or should be) accountable to the local network of organised cricket in clubs, schools, and colleges, which are the grassroots.
There could scarcely be a more critical time for a new PCB chairman to be taking charge. The cricket team has been underperforming on the field and convulsing with controversy off the field. Neither the coach nor the captain has been able to command much respect or authority. Selection is fraught with misguided priorities and petty motives. Even worse, empty stadiums bear somber witness to a drought of international visitors. Burdened with the nation’s disturbing reputation as a haven for militants, Pakistan cricket is becoming impossible to market.
The domestic cricket setup, which has endured endless tinkering and manipulation, continues its slide into devaluation and disarray. In a country that has contributed some of the biggest names in cricket history, the domestic factory hasn’t produced a megastar since the debut of Inzamamul Haq in 1992, or an internationally competitive batsman since the debut of Younis Khan in 2000. Pakistan’s fabled assembly line of pace bowlers has also dried up. It did produce a recent star in Mohammad Asif, but we all know what has become of that.
Even cricket at the grassroots is in decay. The sport is losing its popularity among the youth, and even the ones taking to it are not playing it properly. No one is telling these budding cricketers to straighten their arm when they chuck, or ground the bat when they run in, or play straight within the ‘V’, or avoid cutting until your eye is set. The knowledge of cricket laws is rudimentary and the spirit of the game remains misunderstood. Rot at the grassroots translates into embarrassment after embarrassment at the international level.
So the new chairman’s brief extends well beyond obvious problems such as an underperforming national cricket team and an uncertain home climate that is keeping away international visitors. Critical issues such as the board’s constitution and governance, the state of domestic and grassroots cricket, even Pakistan’s image as a stalwart member of the international cricketing fraternity, are also boiling away on the front burner and must be tackled simultaneously.
Whether Ijaz Butt is the right man for the job only time will tell. The encouraging sign, for now, is that his appointment has been well received in cricket circles and endorsed by a wide spectrum of cricket personalities. Fans need reassurance that someone honest and competent is in charge so we can get back to enjoying our cricket. The game’s administration in Pakistan has suffered some dismal failures in recent years. All eyes are on Mr Butt to pull us out of this mess.