LAHORE Pakistan's former captain Salman Butt said Wednesday he had offered to take part in anti-corruption rehab a week after an international court threw out his appeal against a spot-fixing ban. The 28-year-old, along with team-mates Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, was banned for contriving ...

DUBAI ICC chief executive David Richardson Tuesday urged disgraced Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and M Asif to accept their guilt and share information on fixing to start their rehabilitation. Former captain Butt, along with fast bowlers Asif and M Aamir, was banned by the International Cricket ...

GENEVAThe Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday said that it had rejected appeals against spot-fixing bans filed by disgraced former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif.The ruling marked the final chapter in one of the biggest cricketing scandals of recent ...

LAHORE Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has accepted that he will now have to serve the rest of his ICC ban after his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was rejected although he remains determined to resume his career in little more than two years. Talking to the reporters ...

LAHORE - Influential Wilayat Butt family head Amjad Iqbal Butt and other community chiefs of Mangowal town of Gujrat have dissociated themselves from Ahmad Mukhtar and PML-N leaderships and announced their full support to PML-Q leader Ch Pervaiz Elahi and Moonis Elahi at a big gathering in Mangowal ...

LAHORE - Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt advised Shahid Afridi to concentrate on improving his batting and bowling skills to keep his place in the national side, rather than criticize the ex-administrator.Last week, Afridi said that during Butt's tenure Pakistan was hit by ...

KARACHI - Pakistan's flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi has lambasted former cricket board chairman Ijaz Butt for suggesting that M Hafeez and head coach Dav Whatmore had formed a nexus against Test and one-day captain Misbah-ul-Haq in the national team."I think everyone knows the scandals that ...

ISLAMABAD – Air Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh, Chief of the Air Staff, Nigerian Air Force, visited Air Headquarters on Monday, stated a press release. He is visiting Pakistan on the invitation of Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, it added  A ...

LAHORE - Former Pakistan team captain Salman Butt has called for an open trial against him in Pakistan saying he didn't get justice in a cricket corruption case which led to a lengthy ban and jail time. Talking to the reporters here at the Model Town Greens cricket ground at a press conference on ...

Former captain Salman Butt has called for an open trial against him in Pakistan saying he didn't get justice in a cricket corruption case which led to a lengthy ban and jail time. The 27-year-old was found guilty by both the game's governing body and a British court of orchestrating deliberate ...

ISLAMABAD - Without naming political leadership, the outgoing PAF Chief, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman has emphasised the need for unambiguous instructions given to the armed forces in order to responding to challenges to the national security.”Where there were successes, PAF also faces ...

LAHORE The 63th death anniversary of M. Rafi Butt, a close associate of Quaid-e- Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah will be observed on Sunday (November 27, 2011) under the auspices of Jinnah Rafi Foundation, says a press release.

LONDON (Agencies) - The lawyer of M Asif accused the player's former captain and fellow defendant at the alleged spot-fixing trial, Salman Butt, of "pressurising him" before he bowled his infamous no-ball at the Lord's Test last year. Earlier in the trial that is now into its tenth day, Aftab ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI - Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt sounded satisfied man after completing his three-year tenure and has said that he discharged his duties to the best of his abilities He, however, acknowledged that every human being makes mistakes and he was no ...

Sports Desk KARACHI - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt has said that he had asked the president of the ICC, Sharad Pawar, to do his bit in the revival of Pakistan-India bilateral series as soon as possible. Butt confirmed that during his recent visit to New Delhi he had a meeting ...

KARACHI - Former general secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Sindh chapter, Zahid Rafeeq Butt, passed away after prolonged illness at the PNS Shifa on Saturday. He was 48. Butt had a kidney problem for the past two years that also damaged his lever and became the cause of his death. ...

KARACHI (Agencies) - Former Test skipper of Pakistan, Salman Butt, said on Saturday evening that he along with the other two Pakistani cricketers banned by the independent tribunal of the International Cricket Council (ICC) are ready to appear before Westminster Court of Crown Prosecution Services ...

LONDON (Agencies) - Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt told the International Cricket Council's (ICC) spot fixing inquiry that he did not know how his agent had predicted with such accuracy when no-balls would be bowled in the Lord's Test match against England in August 2010. Butt's evidence came as ...

BIPIN DANI PUNE (India) - Salman Butt, the deposed Test captain of Pakistan team, is willing to give lie-detector tests, according to his father, Zulfiqar Ali. Speaking to this scribe, Butt's father said, "My son, Salman has nothing to hide and no reason to speak lie. He is willing to appear before ...

LAHORE The renowned business community leader and president of All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajiran Haji Maqs-ood Butt passed away on Sunday morning after a protracted illness. Haji Maqsood, the former adviser to Punjab chief minister was suffering from liver problem and was admitted to Sheikh Zayed ...

LAHORE The Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt is reportedly set to resign from his post citing health reasons once he returns from London. According to reports, he will submit his resignation to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in a few days. Pakistan returned from an acrimonious tour ...

LAHORE Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has left for England to sort out the legal issues with the English Cricket Board. He rubbished speculations that the PCB was in any kind of battle with the cricket world and the ICC over the suspension of the three players. We have our ...

LAHORE Pakistans trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer had a detailed meeting with the PCB chairman in London on Wednesday and discussed all the possibilities of the scam ahead of their meeting with the legal experts the Pakistan High Commission has arranged for the players. The ...

LAHORE Pakistan opening batsman Salman Butt said here Tuesday that he has taken the vice-captaincy as a challenge and urged the PCB to be patient with him and give him ample time to prove his leadership credentials. The vice-captain of the Pakistan team said that the players at the training camp ...

LAHORE The Chairperson of Ajoka Theatre and legendry theatre personality of the subcontinent Uzra Butt passed away here on last Monday. Uzra Butt was born in 1917 in Rampur, India. She began her stage career as a dancer with Uday Shankars Ballet Company in 1937 and went on to become the leading ...

LAHORE Pakistan opening batsman Salman Butt is likely to be named vice captain of the Pakistan team for the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka and the tour of England, it was learnt on Monday. Butt will be assisting Shahid Afridi during the coming assignments. Butt was frontrunner for captaincy before Afridi ...

LAHORE Pakistan opening batsman Salman Butt, who was the leading run scorer for Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies, believes that his style of batting suits the shorter versions of the game as it is not just about the fours and sixes. Twenty over cricket has a place for what I ...

LAHORE Elections of Pioneer Club were held and Nadeem Javed Butt was elected as new president of the club while Ehtesham Butt was named new captain and Khawaja Abid was elected as treasurer. MNA Umar Sohail Butt elected as new patron-in-chief while Coordinator Public Affair to Chief Minister ...

LAHORE-The Punjab govt has appointed a Lieutenant General-who gained notoriety for violating the Armys discipline by towing political line of action-as Chairman Chief Ministers Inspection Team. Lieutenant General (Retd) Ziauddin Butt, who has been appointed as Chairman CMIT on contract, is a ...

LAHORE - A petition has been moved Saturday in the Lahore High Court against the doctors including Dr Javed Akram involved in the brutal attack on journalists in Jinnah Hospital. The petitioner has prayed for the courts order for initiating proceedings against the doctors under Anti-Terrorist Act ...