Source: Reuters
KARACHI (Reuters) - England have offered to stage some of Pakistan’s international matches if foreign teams continue to be anxious about the security situation there, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt said on Monday.
“I had some positive discussions with Giles Clarke during the International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in Dubai last week. And he […]

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Source: Cricinfo
Pakistan’s recently instated chairman, Ijaz Butt, has wholeheartedly welcomed the news that the Champions Trophy will finally go ahead in 2009.
Yesterday, the ICC rescheduled the tournament to take place next September, after it was abandoned earlier this year due to security concerns over the country’s political stability.
“Of course, it’s a big relief,” Butt told […]

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Source: AFP
KARACHI (AFP) — Pakistan’s new cricket chief Ejaz Butt Thursday vowed to restore the health of the sport in the nation, plagued by security concerns and disciplinary problems.
Butt, a former secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan, now the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), was appointed as chairman on Tuesday, replacing Nasim […]

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Source: Cricket Next
Mumbai: Several changes in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) set-up are likely to take place under the chairmanship of former Pakistan Test player Ijaz Butt.
“I am yet to receive the government notification (about my appointment as new chairman) which may be delivered to me sometime tomorrow. But yes, I am being told about […]

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Source: Home News Tribune
By RITU JHA
STAFF WRITER
rjha@thnt.com
ISELIN — The New Jersey chapter of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America will hold its spring meeting and senior day dinner on Sunday at the Woodbridge Hilton.
Dr. Shahida Abbas, chairman of the organization’s women’s forum, said the event is aimed at teaching young people […]

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Source: BBC News
Players on the world political stage are rarely 19-year-olds keen to continue their studies uninterrupted. What are Bilawal Bhutto’s chances of doing just that?
Until last month, Bilawal was just another fresher finding his way around Christ Church College in Oxford, forging new friendships and sampling the night life.

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Source: Evening Standard
“Free alcohol, hangovers, bisexual friends and a girl called Boozie Suzie”
His antics at Oxford University would shock people in Pakistan awaiting Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s return to take over the political dream shaped by his murdered mother Benazir.
The 19-year-old’s preparation for his role in one of the world’s strictest Muslim states has certainly been […]

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Source: Silence (Blog)
This is the English transcript of the press conference held at Naudero, Larkana Pakistan regarding the decisions of Pakistan Peoples Party Pakistan about the future of PPP after the assassination Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan.
Sherry Rehman
Now we will start the press briefing. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Makhdoom Amin Faheem and Asif […]

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Source: BBC News
As Bilawal Bhutto Zardawi made his first public appearance before the world, his father announced the boy would from now on be known by his mother’s name - Bhutto.
Three days after Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, Bilawal Bhutto finds himself inheriting not just one of the most celebrated names in politics, but a history steeped […]

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