Butt would also meet Scotland Yard officials to discuss the
spot-fixing accusations against three Pakistan players which overshadowed the
team's recent tour, official sources in the PCB said on Monday.
Butt and PCB legal adviser Tafazzul Rizvi would attend
meetings in London this week, the sources said.
"They will meet with the legal firm they have hired in
London to finalize the reply to be sent to the English players and the England
and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)," one source said.
England's players, through the ECB, have demanded an apology
from Butt after he told a television station he had heard from bookmakers that
English players were involved in fixing matches.
The ECB threatened legal action unless Butt apologised.
Butt's comments came after the International Cricket Council
(ICC) said it was launching an inquiry into Pakistan's scoring pattern in the
third one-day international against England at the Oval.
Pakistan's test captain Salman Butt and his teammates
Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif had already been suspended after an
investigation into a newspaper report that they had arranged for no-balls to be
deliberately delivered during the fourth test at Lord's in late August.
The PCB source said Butt and Rizvi would meet British police
to find out what was happening.
"The PCB wants to know the progress Scotland Yard has
made in its investigations into the allegations. They want a clear picture of
whether the players are going to be charged or not," the source said.
"The PCB wants to know if there is a possibility that
the suspension on the trio can be lifted."
Pakistan are due to play South Africa in a full series in
the United Arab Emirates starting on Oct. 26.
