Pakistan

Petition seeking seizure of spot-fixing trio's assets not admissible: LHC

Court says Butt, Aamir and Asif are young, punishing them continuously will affect national team

Web Desk February 17, 2015

Salman Butt (L), Mohammad Asif (C), and Mohammad Aamir (R). PHOTO: AFP

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday said a petition seeking the seizure of assets of disgraced cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir was not admissible, Express News reported.

The trio was banned on February 5, 2011 by an anti-corruption tribunal of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for arranging no-balls to order during the Lord's Test against England in August 2010.

"All three players are young and by continuously punishing them, we will only hurt the national team," LHC said.

RELATED: Banned for spot-fixing, Salman, Asif, Aamir dream of comebacks

ICC in January this year allowed Aamir to return to domestic cricket following his cooperation with anti-corruption officials.

All three players have vowed to return to international cricket as soon as the ban is lifted.

COMMENTS (3)

Sodomite | 9 years ago | Reply @Gemini: Agree. I am not stopping anyone. Kaneria was given a LIFE Ban in England. Hansie Cronje was banned for Life by Cricket South Africa. Pakistanis have no concept of right or wrong. Hence there is no punishment for a crime committed. Civil Wars happen when societies break down and Pakistan is now in a perpetual state of insurgency. We might be sitting in caves if we progress in this fashion.

Gemini | 9 years ago | Reply @Sodomite: Why don't we try to catch real culprits other than these victims ? Why these so called human right activists and public prosecutors don't raise the names of giants sitting in their caves ?

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