Tag: Ijaz

Ijaz claims conspiracy against army

Pakistan Muslim League-Zia (PML -Z) chief Ijaz-ul-Haq alleged the troika of America, President Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani were conspiring against the...

Haqqani asked to initiate legal action against Mansoor Ijaz

President Asif Ali Zardari has directed former envoy Hussain Haqqani to initiate a legal action against American businessman Mansoor Ijaz over memo scandal, media...

What’s in store?

Something big is always happening in Pakistan that invites the attention of the whole world. This gives enough fodder to the electronic and print...

Haqqani’s nemesis welcomes resignation

Reacting to Husain Haqqani’s decision to resign as Pakistan’s ambassador to Washington, Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, the central character in the ‘memogate’ scandal, said...

Pasha met Ijaz to verify ‘memo’ claims in London

ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha met Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz in London to verify his claims that he helped deliver to US...

Blowing memo issue out of proportion to do no service: Shujaat

PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said President Asif Ali Zardari was not a child and had not written any letter to former US...

Haqqani dictated the text

Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, who is in the limelight over the memo controversy, said on Friday that Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Hussain...

New PCB chairman hosts farewell for Ijaz Butt

Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Zaka Ashraf hosted a farewell reception for former PCB chief Ijaz Butt at the National Cricket Academy on Monday. Senior...

A new era beckons for Pakistan cricket

Ijaz Butt has finally left, hopefully for good. Monday he handed over the charge to Zaka Ashraf, the new chairman, around three weeks late...

New chief in town

And he’s gone. After three years of uninterrupted trauma that saw Pakistan cricket in free fall and reaching its nadir, the reign of Ijaz...

End of an error

Ijaz Butt has finally left after three years– three years too many. In this period, Pakistan cricket lurched from one disaster to another. If...

Ijaz Butt: A tale of tantrums and controversies

Administrative career in brief In 1982 Butt was appointed manager for the Pakistani winter tour of Australia, and in 1984 the secretary of...

They all did it!

A sports agent accused of taking bribes to fix matches said Australian cricketers were “the biggest” culprits and that some of Pakistan’s best-known former...

Wasim, Waqar, Ijaz and Moin involved in match-fixing: Majeed

A sports agent accused of taking bribes to fix matches said Pakistan's best known former players were involved in betting scams and that Australian...

Status quo remains in Butt’s future as PCB chief

The service of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt remains in status quo till the expiry of his term and no decision as...

Ijaz appointed assistant coach for Zimbabwe series

Pakistan’s former middle order batsman Ijaz Ahmad has been appointed as assistant coach for Zimbabwe tour. The Pakistan Cricket Board said in a...

Ijaz Butt hangs on as PCB chief on Chief Patron’s orders

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt tenure in the board awaits the Islamabad establishment’s directives which has asked him to continue till further orders....