Rashid Lateef calls for making report public (17 February 1999)
HYDERABAD, Feb 16: Former Pakistan cricket team captain Rashid Lateef has called for immediate publication of report of judicial commission, headed by Justice Malik Qayyum adding that the players against whom charges of Match-fixing and betting were
17-Feb-1999
17 February 1999
Rashid Lateef calls for making report public
Our Correspondent
HYDERABAD, Feb 16: Former Pakistan cricket team captain Rashid Lateef
has called for immediate publication of report of judicial commission,
headed by Justice Malik Qayyum adding that the players against whom
charges of Match-fixing and betting were proved in the light of
commission's report should be punished in order to restore the pride
of our team and country.
He was talking to a group of sports correspondents here at Niaz
Stadium Hyderabad on Tuesday.
He had to face reporters as some national newspapers have published
excerpts of statement, recorded in-camera, before the judicial
commission. The story has caused embarrassment to Pakistani cricketers
in Calcutta.
Rashid Lateef has been quite vocal against the match-fixing and
betting in the past and has expressed his views in black and white.
That was why he was facing the brunt and was out of the team, a senior
cricketer commented on the ouster of Lateef.
The wicket-keeper had played a 3-day match against Hyderabad division
from Peshawar as a guest player in Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-II here
at Niaz Stadium. The match ended in a tame draw.
Source :: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)