LAHORE - PCB chief Ijaz Butt will meet ICC president David Morgan on Tuesday to decide if they should stop pursuing legal action against the governing body over the shifting of the World Cup matches from the country. "Any decision on dropping the plan to pursue legal action against the ICC would be taken after the board Chairman Ijaz Butt meets with the ICC President, David Morgan on July 28," legal advisor of the board, Tafazzul Rizvi was quoted as saying. Rizvi said legal action was one of several strategic options under consideration by the PCB in its fight to remain hosts of the 2011 World Cup and derive maximum benefits. Mark Gay, a British lawyer hired by the Pakistan Cricket Board, advised the board to withdraw its case against the ICC over the hosting of the 2011 World Cup matches. He said that Pakistan is among the hosts of the World Cup along with India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and was just not been given the hosting of the World Cup matches due to security reasons so it has little ground to win a case against ICC. The ICC in April decided to move away the World Cup matches from Pakistan because of security issues in the country. It has also rejected a proposal by Pakistan to allow it to host its share of matches at neutral venues. Rizvi said that PCB had achieved 70 per cent of what it had in mind when it decided to pursue legal action against the International Cricket Council. "The fact is that we still remain hosts of the World Cup and secondly Pakistan will get its share of the match hosting fees even if it does not host any matches," Rizvi pointed out. He said whenever legal action was initiated the concerned party always kept escape routes and options open for other settlements. "But right now no decision has been taken to drop the plan for legal action. That will depend on the outcome of the Butt and Morgan meeting," he said. Pakistan had hired the English law firm, DLF Piper in London to fight their case and reports said that it has already spent around 70 million rupees on the case with the English law firm getting paid an advance of 35,000 pounds. Reports said that lawyers had advised the board to drop legal proceedings once the IDI board of the ICC ratified the decision to move the matches from Pakistan. The ICC had already reallocated Pakistan's share of 14 World Cup matches among three other co-hosts, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. AFP adds: Ijaz Butt said that the decision of withdrawing the case against ICC is yet to be taken. Pakistan served a legal notice to the International Cricket Council (ICC) after being stripped of its World Cup 2011 matches in April this year. "It's mere speculation that we are withdrawing the legal notice," he said. "I am meeting ICC President Mr David Morgan on Monday and Tuesday and only after that meeting we will decide about the next step." The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) took legal action against the stripping of the matches and relocation of the World Cup secretariat from Lahore to Mumbai. A civil court in Lahore gave a stay order against relocation of the secretariat. But the PCB put on hold the legal proceedings in an effort to solve the issue through talks between the four host countries and the ICC, but the talks failed in England last month. The PCB's legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi said the PCB has the option of withdrawing the legal notice but a final decision will only be taken after the meeting between Butt and Morgan in Dubai. "There is always the option of withdrawing the notice but a final step will only be determined after the meeting between the PCB chairman and ICC President," Rizvi said.