So we all saw this news…
Does this mean that there is a threat to Pakistan cricket based on PCB’s inept leadership or is this more of a face save for ICC itself?
Given Ijaz Butt’s track record of avoiding and dodging, he could very well lead Pakistan to “failure to meet the warning” situation.
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Ijaz butt 
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YES ! Its imminent
Unless political wheel starts to turn in some direction.
It would be a lame excuse to blame ICC at this point. Historically PCB never dealt with those goons as did India on various occasions (izzat aisi he bunti hai)
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Butta boy has returned…
http://cricketnext.in.com/news/butt-returns-from-icc-meet-keeps-mum/51083-13.html
News is that he is gonna go to his PAAITRUN IN CHEEEF Mr. ZURDAAAARI to ask how to get of this new Jam now…
what a shmuck…:fraudia:
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What-else can one expect from Zardari and Ijaz Butt?
How low can the PCB go?
Pakistan’s board has reached a nadir, and now has 30 days to do what it should have done 10 years ago, with the threat of harsh sanctions should it fail to comply
On the day the ICC officially acknowledged that the PCB can no longer be trusted to run cricket in Pakistan, the chief patron of the board, President Asif Ali Zardari, “felicitated” the chairman of the board and players for the Oval ODI being cleared of any suspicions of spot-fixing. Quick as a flash, the PCB released a counter-statement, thanking the president “for his uplifting message” of above-said felicitations. Nero would’ve been impressed.
In years to come, when we try to fully explain the depths of denial state institutions in this country are stuck in, this classic interaction of officialdom should be repeatedly used. For if the message isn’t clear enough, here it is in bold: the running of Pakistan’s cricket, and very possibly its future, is no longer entirely in the hands of Pakistan. The ICC will say it differently, talk of greater scrutiny and closer monitoring and last resorts, but diplomat-speak cannot hide it; the ICC’s task force on Pakistan is now the reporting authority on Pakistan cricket, and suspension of membership is on the table.
The flippant might argue that as long as Ijaz Butt is in charge, control in someone else’s hands is a good thing. But for a nation so hooked to displays of false, blustering pride, so consistently paranoid about its sovereignty, the reaction was strangely muted. Most TV channels echoed the celebratory feel of the president’s declaration, running with the Oval ODI being cleared, an indication of just how readily media in this part of the world descends into jingoism. Introspection, in any case, is too long-winded and messy. Two leading English-language newspapers mentioned the ICC warning only in passing, apparently not understanding the full implications of the press release. Long-suffering and deprived fans understandably took to the domestic Twenty20 with beautiful, heartening gusto.
It took a typically blunt Imran Khan to cut to the chase: “The ICC move to warn us and put us on notice is a shameful day for every Pakistani. It is a shame for Pakistan cricket.” The cackle of former cricketers and administrators, usually so deafening, has not been heard.
There hasn’t been a stronger, more damning indictment of the way cricket is run in Pakistan since full membership was achieved in 1952. Most pointedly the message is aimed at this board, but really the ultimatum is the logical conclusion of the last four years in particular and probably applies retrospectively to all administrations since the first days of match-fixing, the mid-90s. It is actually an equal indictment of the ICC that it has taken it so long to recognise that Pakistan is the sick man of world cricket, a truth most Pakistanis and the world have known all along.
No board has been as accommodating of tainted men as the PCB has. No other board bans a man for five years for saying something out of line publicly and doesn’t ban him at all for doping. No other board has taken as many of its own players to court. No other board imposes life bans and fines and turns around on them as often. No other board blames others for its own security failures. No other board so demoralises its own side by changing captain, coach and selectors as often. No board has so shunned, or ignored, the standards the rest of the world adheres to - or at least, in some cases, shows itself adhering to. As part of a global body, those are standards that need to be met at some basic level.
Now, having not done so for 10 years, the board has less than 30 days to implement - not show to be doing, but actually put in place - four anti-corruption measures, measures that were necessary after the Qayyum report became public. Once - and if - that is out of the way, there is the trifling matter of carrying out “any reforms which may be deemed necessary to restore confidence in the administration of the game in Pakistan”. And you suspect Mahmoud Ahmedinejad might have more luck winning the confidence of the West.
Giles Clarke, the man Butt peeved, is now the man Butt will report to, the man with whom he has to work to bring about those reforms, a man with wider powers at the head of the task force than ever before. The details of precisely what kind of powers the task force has to bring about change in Pakistan will only begin to be chiselled out now. Issues of governance, of how the board is structured, how it operates, will be “discussed” and “recommendations”, in the ICC’s wonderfully polite words, will be made. If they had sense they would try and clip the chairman’s powers and seek out or develop other power centres, such as the governing board or senior officials. The global body has limited jurisdiction over the affairs of its members under normal circumstances, but these are not them.
And the threat of sanctions in case progress isn’t made is very real, the possibility of suspension more credible than ever before. Some will contend that the posturing is a roundabout way for the ICC to remove, or at least stop having to deal with, Butt. In a way it doesn’t matter anymore. The ICC will dilly and dally, and hem and haw, but eventually it will reach a point where it will have to take the least desirable step. It has seen such situations twice before, with South Africa and Zimbabwe. The question the PCB must ask then is: who will oppose any move to suspend them? Not many.
Very little time is left in which to achieve a great many things. This is not the time for felicitations. It is a time to get real.
http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/current/story/482219.html
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^^ 
everytime I read news of these 2 goons…
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Nice one about butt
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Anti Corruption Committee formed - Butt will lead it ..Allah kher karay :chai:
ISLAMABAD: Following the International Cricket Council’s stern 30-day warning, Pakistan’s cricket authorities have formed an anti-corruption committee, reports in the local media said on Friday.
Keeping in line with the instructions given by the ICC, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has formed a seven-member team which will monitor cricketers and officials linked with the board.
PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt will head the committee, which will have authority to take immediate action against any player or official found guilty of corruption, a private television channels reported.
The seven-member committee also includes PCB’s Chief Operating Officer Wasim Bari and General Manager Cricket Operations Zakir Khan.
Earlier this month, cricket’s governing body issued a warning to the PCB to improve its governance and implement a series of measures within 30 days.
Three Pakistani Test cricketers were suspended by the ICC last month, after British tabloid reports alleged them of spot-fixing.
In an ICC hearing scheduled for October 30 and 31, Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif will face an ICC panel regarding their suspension. —APP
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So this Butt stays! butt-ass removal from the PC board would have been one of ICC's hidden agenda! who knows
I feel sorry for the guy and myself for cursing him so much. No more from now on,,,,
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Ch*tiya who keeps a player out of the team for no reason by suspending him, banning him etc will head the “anti corruption” committee, its like a dakoo made chairman treasury.
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“tagging, tag team style” ab app shuruh ho jao…
This Jin will not go away,no matter what he has not heard b4 
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Ch*tiya who keeps a player out of the team for no reason by suspending him, banning him etc will head the "anti corruption" committee, its like a dakoo made chairman treasury.
yep....a farce on a superlative degree...
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Aussies press got their sleeves rolled up now thanks to Joker Butt
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/no-butts-about-it-pakistan-is-a-disgrace-20101025-170wd.html
No butts about it: Pakistan is a disgrace
Peter Roebuck
October 26, 2010
Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Ijaz Butt. Photo: Getty Images
As Four Corners confirmed last night, Pakistan cricket is a shambles, and Ijaz Butt, its absentee chief executive, is a dill. Bookmakers have exerted a heavy influence not only on the team but also on Pakistani players appearing in the ICL and elsewhere.
Don’t blame the bookies. It’s what they do, and the unscrupulous will always try to shave the odds. Certainly, they are shadier than most because gambling is illegal in Pakistan, and the betting runs into hundreds of millions, but no one forces players to take part.
Blame the captains of the Test team, for failing to halt the rush of players lining up to fill their pockets. Blame the feeble administration that took a grip on corruption after so many players, local and foreign, were exposed a decade ago and then slowly, inexorably, let it loose, forgot to maintain the cameras and microphones in hotel lifts, forgot about following the money, tracing the calls, stopped urging the army to take charge of it. The generals were the best deterrent. A few months ago, a former Pakistan coach said, “the military know everything. They briefed me when I took up the position. They had bulging files. I was staggered by the extent of it. But then their influence waned.” And old habits returned
Blame the ICC because it has the facts but not the will to act. It’s too hard. Instead paid officials are forced to twiddle their thumbs while the Test nations talk themselves into a stupor of inactivity. Sami ul Hasan, ICC’s genial communications officer, worked in Pakistan cricket in the critical years a decade or two ago but nowadays is ineffective.
Let’s not make the mistake of condemning an entire nation and its people. Pakistan has many faces, gave cricket its finest president, one of its noblest captains and umpteen skilful and sincere cricketers. A recent Twenty20 tournament, staged between teams from the main cities drew a vast audience. All the top players appeared. Right now 14 teams are taking part in the local Shield. Every country needs to be seen in the round. Pakistan cricket has been betrayed by the people it trusted most, its officials and captains. Sensible supporters, those not joining the nationalistic frenzy are angrier than anyone else because they’ve been let down more than anyone else. Pakistan is the sixth-largest nation in the world, and a priceless asset. It’s worth attacking the cancer.
Why Pakistan? Jinnah did not live long enough to establish proper institutions. India and South Africa were lucky with their first leaders. Zimbabwe has been ruined by its egoistical, cruel and greedy liberator. Pakistan needed Jinnah to live another five years so democracy and modernism could be established. Instead he was taken, and ever since the country has been a battleground.
Inevitably, cricket has been affected. As governments change so the cricket administration changes, and often selectors and captains as well. Recently, it went from tolerable to abysmal, as Ijaz Butt was elevated to the foremost position in the game.
Butt is an idiot and ought to have been sacked after accusing England of throwing a game. That he apparently had not a whiff of evidence did not appear to bother him, or his High Commissioner. Cricket deserves better of Pakistan, a nation it is bending over backwards to help.
Pakistan deserves better from its players. Some of the supposed giants of yesteryear were outed years ago. The senior judge reported that the team had been torn apart by factions run by rival bookies. He insisted that the main culprits be banished. But they were heroes in a nation short of them. Self-delusion and paranoia are rife. India was accused of organising the sting to embarrass its neighbour. Cricketers were recently surprised to be informed that Abdul Qadir had invented the googly. As Rameez Raja pointed out, the events surrounding the Lord’s Test presented an opportunity. Three players have been with their hands in the pie. At last an opening. Instead ranks closed.
Now those who truly care about Pakistan cricket need to get angry and involved. Stop giving plum jobs to the shysters of yesteryear, sack all those involved in nefarious activities. Some progress has been made. A monitoring body has been set up. Butt has been isolated. ICC has sent a team of advisers. But absurdity is not finished with us yet. Peter Chingoka, Zimbabwe’s long-standing chairman, has been put in charge of the clean-up operation. Sweet dreams.
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^ Very Good Read ! Thank You Antumul alona
In the whole stew of things, and in my shock n anger I chose to blame the 'Fans' among many things in my thread
I standby what I said, and reiterate that "Jahil Culture" will attract more jahils be it on the field or into the Boardrooms.
Fans should have the 1st say.
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^^ don't know about your fan and thread theory...