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PCB boss Butt cries 'media mischief' in desperate bid to ward off sacking | In apparent bid to save his neck, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt has said that he holds both houses of Parliament-Senate and the National Assembly-
in the highest esteem while blaming the media for creating misunderstandings resulting in the two privilege motions being moved against him. In his letter to privilege
committee chairman Senator Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, Butt criticised the media
for distorting the facts between him and the Senate Committee on Rules of Procedure
and Privileges, which had recommended removing Butt from the post. "If the media
has interpreted the statements attributed to me or twisted them in such a way
that they appear to have "let down" the senators, then the PCB can go so far as
to regret such actions by the media but surely it cannot be held responsible for
what has appeared in the media for which it exercises no control," The Daily Times
stated Butt's letter, as saying. Butt expressed disappointment over the privilege
motion moved against him, and said there had been no violation of privilege. "Be
that as it may, the PCB and its Chairman hold the Parliament and Senate in the
highest esteem and regard and could not even think of uttering a disparaging remark
against them. If at all, the Senators feel that statements attributed to the undersigned
appearing in the media have breached their privilege, then I wish to clarify that
it was purely unintentional and regretted," he said. After the first privilege
motion, the PCB chief in February last year had said that he was not answerable
to the Parliament as the President is the patron and he was only answerable to
him. The second privilege motion was moved by Senator Haroon Khan and Senator
Tariq Azeem, in which both the senators were of the view that Butt on an occasion
passed derogatory remarks not only against them, but also against the whole parliament. |
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