Senator Haroon Akhtar met Butt and other PCB officials in Lahore on Saturday to settle an outstanding payment dispute of a contractor involved in building a stand at Gaddafi Stadium.

"I have not seen such an incompetent institution anywhere in the world as the Pakistan Cricket Board," senator Haroon Akhtar told said by telephone. "Mr. Butt is running the PCB as if he is running his home kitchen. I was simply shocked when Butt didn't agree to settle the issue with the contractor.

"It's better he should resign or we will certainly request the patron of the board (President Asif Ali Zardari) to replace Butt with some other suitable person." The senator, who is also member of the upper house's standing committee on sports, said PCB chief operating officer Wasim Bari had claimed on Thursday that the issue would be settled on Saturday.

"When they cannot stand by what they say only two days ago, how can they run the affairs of the whole cricket board?" Akhtar said.

Akhtar said Butt has failed to address a number of issues, including infrastructure, team selection and match-fixing allegations against Pakistan players. Butt took over as chairman from Nasim Ashraf in October 2008.

The PCB has briefed senators on its inquiry committee's report last month into the match-fixing allegations — video of which was leaked to a local television channel earlier this week. Akhtar said he had kept quiet at that time because Pakistan was due to compete in the World Twenty20.

"At that time, fingers were pointed at some of the players involved in match fixing. But we thought it was not the right time to raise the issue," Akthar said.

However, the senator said the allegations will be top of the agenda when the upper and lower house of parliament's standing committees on sports meet next month.

"The PCB should resolve this issue and we are not going to keep quiet on this sensitive matter when we meet with PCB officials next month," Akhtar said. "Pakistan has a very busy schedule but, if we want our team to do well in next year's World Cup, it's better Butt should go."