Ali asggahr

Published December 16, 2001


LAHORE, Dec 15: Eight audio cassettes have been received by the one-man judicial commission, probing match-fixing allegations on Pakistan cricket team of two World Cup-1999 matches against India and Pakistan which is said to contain some material pertaining to the matter.

The cassettes were sent by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to the judicial commission of Justice Karamat Nazir Bhandari.

The commission asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) counsel Asghar Hyder to listen to the cassettes and only those containing any match-fixing material with regard to Pakistan-India and Pakistan-Bangladesh should be provided to the commission.

Out of these cassettes, the name of Salim Malik, the former Test cricketer, appears on six cassettes while the name of another former Test captain Asif Iqbal is written on one of them.

Another cassette, bears the title “”Dinner Jacket-2 Cricket”. Salim Malik is facing a life ban recommended by the judicial commission of Justice Malik Mohammad Qayyum who also probed the match-fixing scandals.

 It was however not confirmed whether the commission had asked for these cassettes or the ICC sent them on its own initiative.

Meanwhile,  both former Test cricketers Aamir Sohail and Basit Ali did not appear before the commission. Aamir Sohail contacted the registrar on phone and said that he did not receive the summons because he had changed his residence. Aamir Sohail said that he had read in newspapers that he was being called by the commission.  The commission has again called Aamir and Basit Ali for the next hearing which is fixed for Dec 27.

The commission clarified that Ihsan Mani was not summoned. However, his lawyer Raza Kazim said that his client was ready  to appear before the commission.

The commission is to finalise its recommendation on Dec 31.

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