On being asked about Indian conspiracy in action against players, Butt said, "I don't believe in conspiracies."
The PCB chief also denied having made any demands of leniency towards the tainted trio of Test skipper Salman Butt and pacemen Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir. "No demand has been made for leniency for players. As far as we are concerned, no tolerance at all," he said.
"The investigations have to be complete before we say anything about fixing," he replied when asked to speak on the match-fixing allegations.
While there were speculations that match-fixing is going to the core issue of this meeting, Butt said he came to congratulate Pawar on his appointment as the ICC president.
Pawar, on being quizzed about the match-fixing saga, said, "Scotland Yard is in the process of inquiring. We are waiting for the report to come and the investigations to get complete.
"Butt is also a part of ICC. The decisions are policy decisions. We don't tolerate anything wrong done in cricket."
The PCB chief also didn't rule out resumption of cricketing ties between India and Pakistan. "I have requested Mr. Pawar for India to have a match with Pakistan soon," said Butt
"If the Pakistan players get the opportunity to play more, we will be more than happy," responded Pawar to Butt's request.
Meanwhile, the tainted trio involved in the spot-fixing case has returned to Pakistan while a fourth one, Wahab Riaz, was questioned by the Scotland Yard on Tuesday.
Source http://cricketnext.in.com/news/matchfixing-pcb-chief-meets-sharad-pawar/50566-13.html
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