PCB probe body records statements of Basit, Sohail (8 Jun 1998)

8 June 1998

PCB probe body records statements of Basit, Sohail

Sports Correspondent

LAHORE, June 7:

Two cricketers Aamir Sohail and Basit Ali and one sports journalist Fareshtey Gattey on Sunday recorded statements before the Pakistan Cricket Board Probe Committee (PCBPC), investigating betting and gambling charges against some Pakistani cricketers.

The PCBPC chairman Justice Ijaz Yousuf told reporters after presiding over the meeting at the Qadhaffi Stadium that the committee was calling only those persons who made allegations against cricketers. "After hearing all those the committee will move to call Wasim Akram, Salim Malik, Waqar Younis and Ijaz Ahmad, allegedly involved in betting and gambling practice," Justice Yousaf said.

He said that at the meeting, the PCBPC would invite former captains Ramiz Hasan Raja and Rashid Latif. Justice Ijaz Yousuf, however, did not give any date for the next meeting.

Justice Ijaz Yousuf said that the committee has also decidedto call the managers and coaches who had been working withthe nationalteam since 1992. Among them, Intikhab Alam,AsadAziz and Haroon Rashid were prominent, he added.

The committee, he said, would also register statements of the PCB chairman Khalid Mahmood and chief executive Majid Khan, besides using video cassettes of the matches to determine the style of play of such cricketers under special playing situation.

Justice Yousuf has also allowed the general public to record their statements with evidence if they had.

To a question, Justice Ijaz Yousuf said that the committee could not call bookies in this case.

He said that the main purpose before the committee was only to reach the realty as such allegations had defamed the country at international level.

He said that the PCBPC had to submit its findings before the Senate Sports and Cultural Committee before July 31,but hinted, if necessary, the date would be extended.

The PCB secretary Waqar Ahmad, Nusrat Azeem and Mian Munir also attended the meeting as members of the probe committee.

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