Allied bank withhold Sohail's promotion (23 May 1997)

Report : The Dawn

Allied Bank withhold Sohail`s promotion

By Sports Reporter

LAHORE, May 23: "In conformity with our bank`s policy to promote sports and give protection to players we put our foot down when Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) tried to ban Test opener Aamir Sohail and deprive him of playing in the Wills Cricket Cup final after his `personal tiff` with chief executive Majid Khan", revealed ABL president Syed Shaukat Kazmi during a crowded Press conference in the head office on Friday.

Mr Kazmi said that his bank had employed 113 sportsmen to provide them jobs and uplift sports, out of them 47 are national players. "Aamir Sohail is one of the most outstanding sportsmen who have brought honour to our country and we feel his suspension for two years is rather harsh. However, I cannot condone Aamir Sohail`s folly of going to the press without having solid evidence to prove his allegations against own teammates of `match-fixing` and `bribery`. Rather, I reprimanded him for granting an interview to newspapers without taking his employers into confidence. Still, I am keeping my fingers crossed and watching what decision the PCB takes about him in near future", said the ABL president.

While replying to a question, Mr Kazmi said that as a mark of our "annoyance" over his unwelcome act, we have "withheld" his one-step promotion which was due.

Source:: Dawn (https://xiber.com/dawn/)