Samiul Hasan:Penal action against Aamir likely today (16 Apr 1997)

16 April 1997

Penal action against Aamir likely today

Samiul Hasan

KARACHI, April 15: Aamir Sohail faces a one year ban when Talat Ali, Chairman, Disciplinary Committee, announces the decision at a Press conference in Lahore on Wednesday.

The former captain is also expected to be fined in cash. The cash penalty may range between Rs 15,000 and Rs 50,000.

During the ban, Aamir Sohail will not be allowed to participate in any cricket whether domestic or international . Aamir Sohail had appeared before the Disciplinary Committee on Tuesday but the panel had reserved its decision, perhaps because one member, Sikandar Bakth, could not reach Lahore. Other members of the committee are Talat Ali and Ashraf Qureshi.

A member, on condition of anonymity, said Aamir Sohail was invited at 11:00 a.m. but he arrived at 1:00 p.m. "He hardly stayed there for 10 minutes during which he submitted his three-sentence version."

The following statement was submitted by Aamir Sohail: "Whatever evidence I had has been given to the Ministry of Sports, Government of Pakistan, and I have been advised to convey the same message to the Disciplinary Committee." According to sources, Talat Ali, on Wednesday is expected to take the plea that betting, match fixing and bribery allegations were levelled before also and were thoroughly investigated by former Chief Executive, Arif Abbasi.

Talat is also expected to defend the allegations by saying that Aamir Sohail never made these accusations when he was in the team. Talat may also inform the sports scribes that Aamir Sohail never submitted anything in writing either to the cricket board or his managers. Talat, according to sources, will be distributing the mediamen all the documents the PCB exchanged with Aamir Sohail. The documents are likely to include the show cause notice issued to the cricketer and his explanation.

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