Musharraf to get summary of report today

Islamabad, Oct 20: The Ministry of Sports has finalised its summary of the 176-page Justice Malik Mohammad Qayyam's one-man Inquiry Commission Report on the match fixing and betting charges against Pakistan cricketers including skipper Wasim Akram.

The summary will be submitted to the Chief Executive General Pervaiz Musharraf, Chief of Army Staff, today or tomorrow, a high ranking official of Ministry of Sports told Dawn on Wednesday afternoon.

The official dispelled the impression created by the foreign media that the report was submitted to the President who is also the patron-in-chief of Pakistan Cricket Board.

It was, however, maintained that it will be up to the chief executive to order implementation of the recommendations or forward the report to the President.

A sealed copy of the report was submitted to the federal secretary sports at his office by Registrar of the Inquiry Commission Abdus Salam Khawar on Oct 16.

Sources within the ministry disclosed that tough action was recommended against the cricketers involved in the match-fixing and betting.

Life ban on Salim Malik and Mushtaq Ahmed and penalties on Wasim Akram, Saeed Anwar, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Ijaz Ahmed are reported to be part of recommendations besides other actions.

The Ministry of Sports is actively considering bringing forth a change in the present Pakistan Cricket Board ad hoc committee.

A high ranking official told Dawn that they do not want to name the candidate until an official announcement is made.