Commentator takes Butt, Asif and Amir, PCB to court. PHOTO: IHC WEBSITE
The petitioner, Ehtashamul Haq, through his counsel Umar Hanif Khichi, on Wednesday filed the petition requesting the court to issue directions for a complete ban on Salman Butt, Muhammad Asif and Mohammad Amir to play domestic and international cricket during the pendency of the petition.
The case is fixed for hearing before Justice Aamer Farooq today (Thursday).
The petitioner has made Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman and its selection committee respondents.
The counsel stated that the shameful act of the players brought national honour and pride into disrepute and contempt but the influence of powerful office-bearers of the PCB was quite visible as they had kept the detailed inquiry report hidden.
“Like other inquiry reports in the country, it has also been swept under the carpet and those who were instrumental in converting the success of the country into defeat have been let off,” he added.
The counsel said that if they were permitted to represent Pakistan at international platforms again, it would bring insult to ‘national honour’ and ‘dignity’.
The players were suspended from playing all forms of cricket and jailed for their part in spot-fixing that marred the country’s tour of England in 2010, he maintained.
Later, they were convicted by the English Court but would soon be allowed to play domestic and international cricket with the connivance of the PCB officials, Khichi alleged.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 10th, 2015.
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