Salman Butt has been sacked within 24 hours of his appointment as Pakistan's selection consultant. Chief selector Wahab Riaz announced his removal on Saturday. Wahab cited external pressure as the catalyst for this decision.

After being banned in 2010 for spot-fixing, Salman could not return to the national team. After more than a century, he got an opportunity to return to PCB as an officer. He has been appointed as a consultant to the selectors. But that job did not last even 24 hours.

Chief selector Wahab alleged that the media was trying to malign the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after including Salman Butt in the advisory panel. There was also much criticism. So the PCB fired Salman Butt under compulsion.

Wahab Riaz said, "People started talking all sorts of stuff about me and Salman Butt. It was my decision to have Salman Butt as a consultant because he is a good cricketing mind. I am now reversing that decision. I have already informed Salman Butt that he cannot be part of my team. But personally I think people have to move on as he has served his sentence."

However, Mohammad Hafeez strongly opposed the decision of Wahab Riaz. Hafeez played an important role in the removal of Salman Butt from the post of selectors. After learning about Butt's appointment, team director Hafeez reportedly urged PCB top officials to reconsider the decision.

Surprised by the news of Butt's appointment, Hafeez immediately called the PCB headquarters in Lahore and said that it was a mistake to appoint Salman Butt. Because his past is tainted. He emphasized his longstanding opposition to working with such individuals and questioned how he could work with someone of this nature.