Butt was told to reform or be expelled

DUBAI: The prospect of expelling the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt as an ICC director was raised at the ICC board meeting in Dubai last week, a prominent cricket-related website reported.

The report said that Butt was compelled to accept a series of wide-ranging measures to reform Pakistan cricket without protest because the alternative would have been to face expulsion.

The possibility is believed to have been raised by an individual member and not the ICC.

This particular spur, however, is merely part of a much broader canvas of the cricket world’s discontent with Butt.

The focus of the two-day ICC board meeting was on anti-corruption and, in particular, concerns over the health of the game in Pakistan; specifically three broad areas were up for discussion, including an update on the spot-fixing investigations, how the game tackles corruption globally

Butt was told to reform or be expelled

DUBAI: The prospect of expelling the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt as an ICC director was raised at the ICC board meeting in Dubai last week, a prominent cricket-related website reported.

The report said that Butt was compelled to accept a series of wide-ranging measures to reform Pakistan cricket without protest because the alternative would have been to face expulsion.

The possibility is believed to have been raised by an individual member and not the ICC.

This particular spur, however, is merely part of a much broader canvas of the cricket world’s discontent with Butt.

The focus of the two-day ICC board meeting was on anti-corruption and, in particular, concerns over the health of the game in Pakistan; specifically three broad areas were up for discussion, including an update on the spot-fixing investigations, how the game tackles corruption globally

Kwanzaa 2009 dates

Updates bout Kwanzaa 2009 dates :- Kwanzaa turns 43 year old this year (2009). Kwanzaa,  the alternative to Christmas mainly celebrated by African-Americans, was created in 1966 by Ron Maulana Karenga.

Ron  Maulana Karenga, a political activist and professor was activist in the “Black Power” movement in the 1960s. Karenga helped found the Black empowerment group “US Organization.”

Kwanzaa was originally meant as alternative to Christmas. Karenga, who was also a convicted felon, saw Christmas as a “white” holiday that blacks should reject. Since then Karenga and the celebration he spawned have evolved into a more complimentary celebration, occurring from December 26th – January 1.