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Zulfiqar Butt

Pakistani cricketer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ27058055 ↗
Source-derived summary

Zulfiqar Butt (born 1 January 1971) is a Pakistani former cricketer. He played 42 first-class matches in Pakistan between 1984 and 1998, mainly as a slow left-arm orthodox spinner. He was also part of Pakistan's squad for the 1988 Youth Cricket World Cup.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Zulfiqar Butt” as pakistani cricketer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1971, 1984, 1998, 1988—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1971-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Zulfiqar, Butt and Pakistani can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as pakistani cricketer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27058055. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1971, 1984, 1998 and 1988.

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This entry incorporates text from “Zulfiqar Butt” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.