Butt expects return inside nine months

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Butt was speaking on BBC Five Live's Sportsweek programme in the wake of the terrorist attack last week on the Sri Lanka team bus in his country, and Butt again criticised match referee Chris Broad's view on security, while maintaining that he would not resign.

Former England test batsman Broad claimed that there was not enough security to protect the players and officials, but Butt insisted: "I totally disagree with Chris Broad, he is overdoing it. And it is wrong if they (the ICC) are siding with one man's opinion. I would expect that teams will tour here again as soon as possible. I would give it six to nine months to get things organised."

He added: "I would want us to get security to a level that would be a guarantee from my government that no such incident like this could happen again, or I will not invite anybody.

"Once I have this assurance I may then invite people to come here. But this can happen anywhere.

"I cannot give that guarantee, but my government can. If they cannot then we will not have cricket in Pakistan at all.

"And if that is the opinion of the world then we will go by that opinion.

"I definitely think that we will stage part of the World Cup in 2011.

"I am not one of those who leaves when things are bad, things are very bad and I don't want to leave. This is a challenge and I would like to take on this challenge, I will not resign."