Qadir summoned by Pak NA committee to explain reason for his sudden resignation

October 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Dejected by the match-fixing allegations, Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam has said he has been deeply hurt by the controversy. Alam said the allegations were so appalling that even former Indian Test captain Bishen Singh Bedi had called him for booting his morale.

October 7th, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has defended captain Younis Khan and coach Intikhab Alam, both whom are receiving flak from different quarters for the defeat against New Zealand in the semi-final match of the ICC Champions Trophy. PCB's media manager Nadeem Sarwar said the team tried hard and did well to reach the semi-final of the coveted eight-nation tournament for the first time and added that reports about the matches being 'fixed' were totally baseless.

August 27th, 2009 LAHORE - Former chief selector of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Abdul Qadir, has criticized the selection committee for omitting experienced all-rounder Abdul Razzaq from the ICC Champions Trophy squad. Qadir also condemned the committee's decision to ignore opening batsman Salman Butt for the eight nation tournament.

August 26th, 2009 KARACHI - Several former Pakistani cricketers have raised questions over the selection of fast bowler Mohammad Asif in the national squad for the ICC Champions Trophy. Former fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz criticised the selection committee for Asif's selection, saying the tainted bowler should not be included in the 15 member squad as he has not participated in any international event for the last 18 months.

August 12th, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan chief selector, Abdul Qadir has retracted from his earlier statement where he had alleged that some Pakistani players had contacts with Indian bookies. Qadir said he was only worried of a possible match fixing deal.

July 22nd, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has accepted Aamir Sohail's resignation and appointed former Test cricketer Haroon Rashid as the new Director for Game Development.Aamir, director game development, has tendered his resignation and PCB chairman Ijaz Butt has accepted it. Former batsman Rashid will be the acting director game development with immediate effect," The Daily Times quoted a PCB spokesperson, as saying.

July 17th, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set for further turmoil, as sources claim that Aamir Sohail has decided to resign from his post following altercations with the board chairman Ijaz Butt. Sources said Sohail, who heads the National Cricket Academy (NCA), has already submitted his papers to a PCB official.

July 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt is headed for further trouble with the National Assembly's (NA) Standing Committee on Sports recommending issue of a bailable warrant against him. The committee, which is headed byJamshad Desti, said that a bailable warrant should be issued against Butt for his 'intentional absence' from a committee meeting.

July 13th, 2009 KARACHI - Former Test spinner Iqbal Qasim was Monday installed as the new Pakistan chief cricket selector. Qasim, 55, will take over from another former Test cricketer Wasim Bari, who served as an interim chief selector following the resignation of Abdul Qadir as the chairman of the national selection committee last month because of differences with the Pakistan team management and senior board officials.

July 4th, 2009 KARACHI - Former Pakistan chief selector Abdul Qadir is preparing ammunition for his July 14 meeting with a parliamentary committee and says he will candidly inform the Members of the National Assembly (MNA) about the irregularities in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Qadir, a former Pakistan Test leg-spinner, said that he would also try to meet President Asif Ali Zardari, who is also the chief patron of the PCB, as he wants to inform him about all the problems in the board.

July 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Sports is being pressurized by some influential leaders to the stop the criminal proceedings against security officials who have been accused of negligence and are charged with dereliction of duty during the brazen terror attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team in Lahore, it has been revealed. According to sources, a sitting minister has asked the committee to 'go-slow' in the case.

June 29th, 2009 LAHORE - The national selectors, who picked the Pakistan squad that won the Twenty20 World Cup, are angry that they have been completely ignored in the celebrations for the team's triumph. Although former chief selector Abdul Qadir has resigned from his job, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has not clarified the status of Saleem Jaffer and Shoaib Mohammad who were on the selection committee that picked the World Cup squad.

June 17th, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed Wasim Bari as interim chief selector in place of Abdul Qadir. Bari, who is currently the director of the PCB's human resource department, has served as the chairman of the selection committee on three previous ocassions, The Daily Times reports.

June 15th, 2009 LONDON - The Pakistan cricket coach, Intikhab Alam, has rejected former chief selector Abdul Qadir's allegations that he was not given enough room in the team's selection procedures. Alam said he was disappointed, as well as shocked by Qadir's statements, as the team for the ICC Twenty20 World Championship was finalized only after he had given his consent.

June 12th, 2009 LAHORE - Furious over not being given enough working space in the selection procedure of the national cricket team, former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief selector Abdul Qadir has said that he would not join the board again even if offered ten million rupees for the same. Qadir had resigned from the chief selector's post earlier this week saying the PCB has overlooked him and other selectors regarding the players' selection, and that the coach and captain of the team have been given all the powers.