Pakistan's media has mostly rejected Butt, a former Test player, as a complete failure. Critics have fired Butt for his inability to form a competent team of officials to run cricket and for his failure to successfully fight for Pakistan's cause at the international cricketing forums.

The News -- one of Pakistan's mainstream English-language newspapers -- launched a stinging attack on Butt and suggested that only by replacing him with a competent professional, can Pakistan start rebuilding its cricket.

'Ten months after being hailed as a possible saviour for Pakistan cricket, Ijaz Butt comes across as a man who is only guiding the sport into a deeper crisis,' wrote The News.

'Butt has proved to be quite a disaster which can be gauged by the fact that many of his team members have already jumped ship,' it said referring to the resignations of former Test cricketers Abdul Qadir and Aamer Sohail from key PCB posts in recent months.