Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt has landed in a new controversy by giving a telephonic interview to a TV show that had tainted Pakistani cricketer Salman Butt as a panelist.
Butt came on the telephone line in the TV show that also featured Salman, who has been banned for 10 years, with a five-year suspended ban, by the International Cricket Council on spot-fixing charges.
National selector Mohammad Illyas, who has been severely criticised by Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi, was also part of that show, The Nation reports.
Butt also criticised former captain Wasim Akram for interfering in Pakistan cricket affairs, and advised him to instead concentrate on his commentary assignments in India. ANI
