Suspend PCB Chairman over fixing allegations, demand: Iqbal

Suspend PCB Chairman over fixing allegations, demand: Iqbal
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Pakistan cricket is once again facing claims of match-fixing, the Chairman of Standing Committee on Sports Iqbal Muhammad urged that PCB chairman Ijaz Butt should be sacked in wake of the recent spot-fixing allegations. Iqbal made this remark during a session of the NA Standing Committee on Sports in Islamabad on Monday. He demanded that the PCB be dissolved and a new board should be formed on an ad-hoc basis.The members of the Standing Committee also demanded that team management and players alleged in spot-fixing should immediately be called back from England.Iqbal informed that the Standing Committee has decided to call a special session once the players return to Pakistan. He added that very stringent measures will be taken against all those involve.
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