Pakistan says India rejected revenue sharing plan
"We hope the series will be revived and we told them we are ready to play in India but revenue should be shared 50-50, but they did not accept the proposal," Butt said in an interview broadcast late Thursday.
India cancelled a series with Pakistan after gunmen went on the rampage in Mumbai in November 2008, killing 166 people in attacks that India and the United States blamed on Pakistan-based militants.
Pakistan is slated to tour India next February and March in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Future Tour Programme, subject to clearance from both governments.
An ICC Task Team has also called for a revival of cricket between India and Pakistan, saying its absence is felt by millions of fans across the world.
"We had a detailed discussion with them (the Indian board) in Hong Kong last month and hope that something will come out soon," said Butt.
"Naturally, compared to what we earn when we play any other top country, we earn much more if we play India. But we have to sort out details, but what they say is basically a one-sided affair," said Butt.
Butt said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had backed an Indian tour to Pakistan while hosting his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani at the World Cup semi-final between the two countries in India last March.
India, however, remains extremely concerned about security in Pakistan, where bomb and suicide attacks have killed around 4,500 people in the last four years and where the Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked in March 2009.
India last toured Pakistan for the Asia Cup in 2008.
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Beware Pakistanis,
One Indian by name A.R.Rehman almost conquired Chinenese. Pls put your best Paki chinese dosti to overcome this.
a Pakistani
Wellwisher
Apparently none of you are paying attention or have your heads in the sand.
The truth is the truth.
Lt Col Purohit did bomb Muslims - it is printed in every Indian newspaper.
The swami CONFESSED to organizing the terrorist bombings within the RSS.
Boycott India.
@@ Khan: Oh you are a genius. I completely agree with you!!!
@No Tour of India I support you. Similarly India shouldn't tour Pakistan because Pakistan (and Pakistanis) kills even more Muslims not just in Kashmir, but in rest of Pakistan.
No Tour of India is most likely an India troll flaming the comments section.
the "@khan" guy has been taught well by his jedi master khalifa zaid hamid.
@No Tour of India: Pakistanis are killing muslims in Karachi and Balochistan.
all the revenue came from India then why it share with Pakistan.
The only person who has his head in the right place is Khan. All others are blinded by a misguided hatred towards India. As a Muslim from India, we are living very well, thank you, not needing to feel threatened about our lives from terrorist bombings, and not needing to hate people from other countries / religions as the core and justification for our existence.
@Khan
I strongly reccomend you for a Nobel prize in literature (semi fictional category). Good luck.
India is a State Sponsor of Terrorism and uses Terrorism as State Policy.
Lt. Col Prasad Srikant Purohit, a serving Hindu officer in the Indian Army, admitted to using Indian military RDX explosives in multiple terrorist bombings in India. These terrorist bombings were then used by the Indian government to round up and arrest and torture and kill thousands of Muslims in India.
Nathuram Godse, was a member of the RSS Hindu Terrorist group, who shot and killed Gandhi in 1948. Lt. Col Purohit is a member of the RSS Hindu Terrorist group that has been operating openly in India for over 80 years.
Narendra Modi, Governor of Gujarat and a Hindu, advocated and led riots against Muslims in Gujarat. An elected Hindu official killing Muslims in his own province... and he is still Governor.
The RSS and Siva Sena are Hindu Terrorist Groups that have penetrated all levels of the Indian Government and Indian military. Hindu Terrorists now create official Indian state policy.
RAW, India's Hindu intelligence agency, created the world's first suicide bomb vest, not Muslims in the Middle East. India then provided these suicide bomb vests to the Hindu Tamil Tigers terrorist group to kill Buddhist and Christian civilians in Sri Lanka.
Most of the world's suicide bombers are Hindus!
Hindu Swami Aseemanand, member of RSS Hindu Terrorist group, admitted to organizing a Hindu Terrorist group that committed a train bombing of Pakistani Muslims, and again the blame was placed on innocent Muslims - who were tortured and killed by the Indian Hindu police.
This is ALL FACT.
So, what we should all learn is that India is a Fascist State run by Hindu Terrorists.
Boycott India - No Pakistan Cricket Tour of India.
Actually, Indians are killing Muslims in Pakistan as well. It is well known that the CIA, Mossad and India's RAW are in collusion to destabilize Pakistan. That is why India has 18 diplomatic consulates in Afghanistan and only 3 in America.
India is supporting the BLA and Pakistani Taliban. Also, some of the dead terrorists have turned out to be uncircumcised - aka Hindus!
In Iraq, British SAS troops were caught disguised as Arabs - while planting a bomb in a civilian population troops.
Research Operation Gladio - the western governments are the ones causing Terrorism.
tch tch...they have small hearts,refusing money to big hearted people.
Just curious to know how does it happen in general. Did the visitors in any series involving two international teams get a share of the revenue earned by the host board? If yes then Pakistan is correct to be vocal on this and should report this to ICC. They should not tour India and rather tour any other teams like Australia or South Africa. If no then Mr Butt needs to be more clear on what exceptional reasons they are asking for a share of the revenue that too 50%.
On the same line, if India tours Pakistan in future will PCB be ready to share it's revenue with BCCI. However I think that will complicate matter further as the revenues generated on the two series may not be similar. Even we Indians know that BCCI is not a saint and at times they have acted as a bully, but Mr Butt needs to provide more information on this if he want to get a consensus .
Pakistan should shut its doors to India otherwise India will find a way to undermine and sabotage Pakistan. Presently Pakistan does not need India. India needs to behave itself when it comes to Kashmir and Pakistan. Bad behaviour cannot be rewarded with open doors. Our leaders need to get this into their heads.
@Khan
Very witty.
Are we not killing muslims in our own country