Salman Butt
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PCB wants Butt to be more honest and forthright
Cricket | Mar 14, 2015, 07:39 AM ISTKarachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is at loggerheads with Salman Butt as the banned Test captain is not ready to accept blame for encouraging his former teammates Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif to take
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PCB chief rules out leniency against Butt, Asif
Cricket | Nov 14, 2014, 11:12 AM ISTKarachi: The Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar Khan has ruled out any leniency for former Test captain Salman Butt and Muhammad Asif who are serving bans for spot fixing since 2010.Shaharyar told
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This hilarious 'Match-fixing' video would leave you in splits
Cricket | Oct 10, 2014, 03:57 PM ISTJust imagine the ire in our heart, when somebody willfully leaves the catch even in the gully cricket.Now you can easily imagine the angst of a whole nation, when they come to know that the
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Pak SC refuses to issue orders for eviction of protesters
World | Aug 21, 2014, 07:01 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan Supreme Court today rejected the government's plea to issue an order for the eviction of protesters besieging the Parliament, saying it is an administrative matter and should be dealt with in accordance with
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Butt wants PCB to treat banned players equally
Cricket | Apr 12, 2014, 09:05 PM ISTISLAMABAD: Former captain Salman Butt asked the Pakistan Cricket Board on Saturday to treat banned players equally in their bid to resume domestic and international careers. Butt and teammates Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were
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Salman Butt wants spot-fixing case to be reopened
Cricket | Jun 29, 2012, 07:25 PM ISTIslamabad, Jun 29: Salman Butt has asked Pakistan's chief justice to look into the spot-fixing scam that led to the banned former captain serving a prison term in England.Butt returned home last Friday after being
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Disgraced Butt released from jail
Cricket | Jun 21, 2012, 04:09 PM ISTLondon, Jun 21: Just seven months into his three-and-a-half-year jail sentence for involvement in spot-fixing, disgraced former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt was today released under the British government's early prisoner release scheme.Butt was released
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Aamer Says 'Brother' Butt Lured Him Into Fixing
Cricket | Mar 20, 2012, 08:44 AM ISTLondon, Mar 20: Disgraced Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Aamer said on Monday that former captain Salman Butt had betrayed their friendship by involving him in the spot-fixing scandal that has seen him banned from cricket and
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Banned Amir Returns Home
Cricket | Feb 26, 2012, 08:14 AM ISTIslamabad, Feb 26 : Pakistan's banned cricketer Mohammad Amir returned home Sunday after serving his jail sentence for spot-fixing in London.Amir was sentenced for six months, but was released earlier this month due to good
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Butt, Asif Want To Serve Jail Sentence In Pakistan : Report
Cricket | Nov 13, 2011, 01:39 PM ISTLondon, Nov 13: Uncomfortable with the attention they are receiving from fellow inmates, Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif want to be transferred to a jail in their own country to serve their sentences
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Butt Appeals Against Sentence
Cricket | Nov 09, 2011, 11:55 AM ISTLondon, November 9: Jailed Pakistani cricketer Salman Butt has filed an appeal against his 30-month sentence, a media report claimed on Wednesday.Found guilty in spot-fixing scam, Butt was handed the prison term by a London
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Salman Butt, Asif Forced To Share Jail Cell
Cricket | Nov 07, 2011, 06:13 PM ISTLondon, Nov 7: They turned on each other during the spotfixing trial and now convicted Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif have been forced to share a cell at the Wandsworth prison where they
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No Eid Celebration For Families Of Butt And Aamer
Cricket | Nov 07, 2011, 12:13 PM ISTLahore, Nov 7: The families of jailed Pakistani cricketers, Salman Butt and Mohammad Aamer, are not celebrating Eid-ul-Azha this year as an atmosphere of gloom prevails in their home."Tell me how could we celebrate Eid
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Pakistan Media Welcomes Jail Terms For Cricketers
Cricket | Nov 04, 2011, 05:46 PM ISTIslamabad, Nov 4: The media in Pakistan has welcomed the jail terms handed out to three international cricketers convicted of fixing parts of a test match against England last year.Islamabad-based daily The News says Salman
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Pak Court Asks Authorities To Register Case Against Cricketers
Cricket | Nov 04, 2011, 07:16 AM ISTLahore, Nov 4 : A Pakistani court today ordered authorities to register a criminal case against former cricket captain Salman Butt and two other cricketers who were convicted of corruption and spot-fixing by a court
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I Was Threatened By Underworld For Not Fixing Matches : Modi
Cricket | Nov 02, 2011, 08:05 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 2: Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi on Wednesday claimed that he was threatened by the underworld and there have been three attempts to kill him for refusing to fix Indian Premier League
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Son Born To Butt Minutes Before Guilty Verdict
Cricket | Nov 01, 2011, 07:43 PM ISTLahore, Nov 1: The wife of Pakistan's former captain Salman Butt gave birth to a baby boy just minutes before her husband was found guilty Tuesday of a "spot-fixing" betting scam during a match against
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Jury Retires In Pakistan Fixing Trial
Cricket | Oct 28, 2011, 09:17 PM ISTLondon, Oct 28: Jurors in the spot-fixing trial involving Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif have not reached a verdict on the 18th day of the case and will resume deliberating on Monday.The 12-person
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Afridi Says, Bookie Mazhar Majeed Tried To Contact Him
Cricket | Oct 24, 2011, 09:07 AM ISTLahore, Oct 24: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has claimed that he was also approached by cricket agent and alleged bookmaker Mazhar Majeed.In February, British prosecutors had “authorised charges of conspiracy to obtain and accept
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Imran Khan Supports Salman Butt's Claim In Court
Cricket | Oct 21, 2011, 04:42 PM ISTIslamabad, Oct 21: Pakistan great Imran Khan has confirmed that banned Test captain Salman Butt used to call him up from England to discuss strategies on the 2010 cricket tour.Butt, who is facing a trial