{"id":6243,"date":"2023-08-03T17:45:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T12:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=6243"},"modified":"2023-08-03T17:46:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T12:46:00","slug":"former-pcb-chairman-ijaz-butt-passes-away-in-lahore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/news\/former-pcb-chairman-ijaz-butt-passes-away-in-lahore\/","title":{"rendered":"Former PCB chairman Ijaz Butt passes away in Lahore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pakistan Cricket Board former chairman Ijaz Butt, who was also a test cricketer, breath his last in Lahore on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to details, his son-in-law Arif Saeed has confirmed his death and said that the 85-year-old has been ailing for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ijaz Butt\u2019s tenure as the chairman of PCB was marked by various challenges and significant moments in Pakistani cricket, Private news channels reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his time in office, he played a crucial role in making crucial decisions and overseeing the board\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ijaz Butt\u2019s contributions to cricket in Pakistan will be remembered, and his passing has left a void in the cricketing world, particularly among those who admired his leadership and dedication to the game.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan Cricket Board former chairman Ijaz Butt, who was also a test cricketer, breath his last in Lahore on Thursday. According to details, his son-in-law Arif Saeed has confirmed his death and said that the 85-year-old has been ailing for a long time. Ijaz Butt\u2019s tenure as the chairman of PCB was marked by various [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":6244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,2,82,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-news","category-paksitan","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6243"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}