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Pakistan Cricket hearing adjourned as players failed to appear
AFP
January 16 1999
LAHORE, Jan 16 (AFP) - A judicial commission inquiring into the controversy
of match-fixing and betting in Pakistan cricket adjourned a crucial hearing
Saturday after skipper Wasim Akram and several other accused failed to reach
Lahore, sources said.
Lahore High Court judge, Malik Mohammad Qayyum, who is heading the
commission, said despite the adjournment he would submit his report on January
27, sources said.
Saturday's hearing was considered vital as Wasim, Salim Malik, Mushtaq
Ahmed, Waqar Younis, Ejaz Ahmed and Moin Khan -- accused of involvement in
match fixing and betting -- were to face their accusers.
``Wasim sent a message he was unable to appear because his flight from
Karachi was cancelled,'' Pakistan Cricket Board legal adviser Ali Sibtain Fazli
told AFP.
Leg spinner Mushtaq Ahmed managed to reach the court.
Aamir Sohail and Rashid Latif, who claim their fellow players were involved
in betting, arrived despite family problems.
Former Pakistani cricketer turned bookie Salim Pervez, former manager
Intikhab Alam and Aaqib Javed -- all accusers -- also reached the court.
Wasim and other five accused players were to embark on an Indian tour with
Pakistan team on January 21 and would miss the next hearing scheduled for
January 25.
The commission set up by Pakistan Government in September has head testimony
from nearly 50 people.
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