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Anti Corruption Tribunal has found Khalid Latif guilty of all charges, therefore has announced a ban of 5 years & a fine of PKR 1 Million
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So much for the reported 10-year ban.
Latif will appeal too I suspect.
Latif will appeal too I suspect.
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PCB Legal Advisor speaking to the media:
"PCB has proven all six allegations against Khalid Latif"
"Since all allegations were proven, it is our understanding that the tribunal had no option but to apply maximum sanctions"
"What Khalid Latif will do as in appealing etc next is not in our control"
"Approaching the courts is his right under constitution and he has filed a petition which the Supreme Court will decide upon and its not related to these proceedings"
"PCB tribunal has no authority to start proceedings against Yousuf Bookie"
"To prove that someone is a Bookie is the remit of law enforcing agencies; PCB is only concerned with its contracted players"
"PCB's repsonsibility is that none of their players come into contact with people of questionable repute"
"We still have time to make a decision on appealing for a sticter sanction against Sharjeel Khan"
"PCB has proven all six allegations against Khalid Latif"
"Since all allegations were proven, it is our understanding that the tribunal had no option but to apply maximum sanctions"
"What Khalid Latif will do as in appealing etc next is not in our control"
"Approaching the courts is his right under constitution and he has filed a petition which the Supreme Court will decide upon and its not related to these proceedings"
"PCB tribunal has no authority to start proceedings against Yousuf Bookie"
"To prove that someone is a Bookie is the remit of law enforcing agencies; PCB is only concerned with its contracted players"
"PCB's repsonsibility is that none of their players come into contact with people of questionable repute"
"We still have time to make a decision on appealing for a sticter sanction against Sharjeel Khan"
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http://m.sport24.co.za/sport24/Cricket/pakistan-ban-latif-for-five-years-over-spot-fixing-20170920
Lahore - Pakistan cricket's anti-corruption tribunal on Wednesday banned opener Khalid Latif for five years and fined him $9 489 over a spot-fixing case, the second casualty after teammate Sharjeel Khan was banned late last month.
"Latif is banned for five years and fined one million rupees after the proceedings of the case," the three-member tribunal announced.
The 31-year-old has played five one-day internationals and 13 T20Is, the last of which was against the West Indies in Abu Dhabi in September 2016.
In August Sharjeel was banned for five years, with two-and-a-half years suspended, for his role in the spot-fixing scandal.
Latif had been charged with breaching six clauses, including the serious offense of luring other players to take part in fixing.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) provisionally suspended Latif and Sharjeel after they found evidence of spot-fixing during a Pakistan Super League (PSL) match between Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi in Dubai in February.
The board said Sharjeel and Latif met an alleged bookie and struck a deal. Based on the plan, Sharjeel - an aggressive batsman who scores quickly - agreed to play two dot balls after the first over in the match.
Although Latif did not play in that game, he was later charged with luring Sharjeel into the deal and not reporting the matter to the PCB anti-corruption unit.
Spot-fixing involves bets on the outcome of a particular passage of play, unlike match-fixing in which there is an attempt to prearrange the result of the match.
Both players were suspended provisionally at the time and withdrawn from the PSL.
The minimum punishment for the charges which Latif faced was a six-month suspension with a maximum of a life ban.
Under the PCB code players can appeal rulings before an independent arbitrator within 14 days of the decision.
Four other players - Mohammad Irfan, Shahzaib Hasan, Nasir Jamshed and Mohammad Nawaz - were also included in the investigation on multiple charges.
Irfan and Nawaz admitted not reporting the bookie's offer. Irfan was banned for one year with six months suspended and fined one million rupees. Nawaz was banned for two months, with one suspended, and fined $18 978.
Both are now free to play, while the cases against Hasan and Jamshed are continuing.
Latif's lawyer Badre Alam repeatedly raised objections during the proceedings, and also filed a petition in the Lahore high court against the tribunal. But the pleas were rejected by the court.
Lahore - Pakistan cricket's anti-corruption tribunal on Wednesday banned opener Khalid Latif for five years and fined him $9 489 over a spot-fixing case, the second casualty after teammate Sharjeel Khan was banned late last month.
"Latif is banned for five years and fined one million rupees after the proceedings of the case," the three-member tribunal announced.
The 31-year-old has played five one-day internationals and 13 T20Is, the last of which was against the West Indies in Abu Dhabi in September 2016.
In August Sharjeel was banned for five years, with two-and-a-half years suspended, for his role in the spot-fixing scandal.
Latif had been charged with breaching six clauses, including the serious offense of luring other players to take part in fixing.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) provisionally suspended Latif and Sharjeel after they found evidence of spot-fixing during a Pakistan Super League (PSL) match between Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi in Dubai in February.
The board said Sharjeel and Latif met an alleged bookie and struck a deal. Based on the plan, Sharjeel - an aggressive batsman who scores quickly - agreed to play two dot balls after the first over in the match.
Although Latif did not play in that game, he was later charged with luring Sharjeel into the deal and not reporting the matter to the PCB anti-corruption unit.
Spot-fixing involves bets on the outcome of a particular passage of play, unlike match-fixing in which there is an attempt to prearrange the result of the match.
Both players were suspended provisionally at the time and withdrawn from the PSL.
The minimum punishment for the charges which Latif faced was a six-month suspension with a maximum of a life ban.
Under the PCB code players can appeal rulings before an independent arbitrator within 14 days of the decision.
Four other players - Mohammad Irfan, Shahzaib Hasan, Nasir Jamshed and Mohammad Nawaz - were also included in the investigation on multiple charges.
Irfan and Nawaz admitted not reporting the bookie's offer. Irfan was banned for one year with six months suspended and fined one million rupees. Nawaz was banned for two months, with one suspended, and fined $18 978.
Both are now free to play, while the cases against Hasan and Jamshed are continuing.
Latif's lawyer Badre Alam repeatedly raised objections during the proceedings, and also filed a petition in the Lahore high court against the tribunal. But the pleas were rejected by the court.
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a shame
he had cemented himself in the t20s and was probably going to get an odi recall soon. could have played regularly for pakistan for the next few years
i feel his potential was wasted in limited overs. should have been given some chances over the last few years. his list a record is fantastic and he played some handy knocks in odis in 2009-2010.
he had cemented himself in the t20s and was probably going to get an odi recall soon. could have played regularly for pakistan for the next few years
i feel his potential was wasted in limited overs. should have been given some chances over the last few years. his list a record is fantastic and he played some handy knocks in odis in 2009-2010.
True , but that is why I think he should have been given some sort of imprisonment , probably 10 years in prison for bring shame onto country's reputation.
Thought Latif was forging a powerful and explosive partnership with Sharjeel in T20s, I still remember their opening stand vs England at Old Trafford.
Sad that he's thrown away his career just when he was re-establishing himself in the national team but he can't point the finger of blame at anyone else.
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In before for the supporters bash pcb
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he was tailor made for t20s. not a good strike rotator but he could hit the ball and was particularly great at clearing the boundary against spin
both sharjeel and latif have been huge losses in the t20 format especially with fakhar not looking good at the moment. shehzad will also have to up his game.
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Whats the point of fining him Rs 1,000,000 when you are banning him for 5 years? A 5 year ban is a career finisher for him, he will not really be motivated to pay the Rs 1,000,000 anymore
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I am yet to see a single evidence in this case....in Sharjeel's case, there was no evident, and he got banned for 5 years. Same I see is with Khalid's case. Seems like the tribunal is just listening to their PCB bosses. We need an independent inquiry on this and the players proven in a proper court, only then I will consider them guilty.
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Fines cover the whole cost of the proceedings.
This is how its done every where around. You get jail time plus a fine aswell
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Incase you were wondering what the tribunal looks like....
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I'm sure there's substantial evidence, and nowhere does it say it has to be made public. If the cricketers involved feel there was no evidence, they would be running of the higher legal courts in Pakistan.
I cannot believe the amount of people questioning this by the PCB. For the first time in decades, they're doing their job! This has nothing to do with an 'independent inquiry'. Why do we need that? The PCB can ban anyone for breaking any of their rules, be it stealing a pen. The players obviously did something in relation to corruption. I'm very happy PCB taking this stance. Time to put some real fear into these cheats and thugs.
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I am all for punishment, trust me. If they committed the crime, punish them. But atleast make the evidence public, like in the case of the trio in 2010. For now it seems like all the "evidence" they had was a hearsay and speculation. Its the public's and fan's right to know what exactly they did.
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Seems like alleged bookie Yousuf was friends with Umar Amin, Kamran Akmal, Imran Farhat for few years.
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What a waste
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This Is QUITE CRINGY!!!
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but according to Umar Amin he didn't know Yousuf was in these activities.
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It's impossible for Umar Amin to not know activities of a person with whom he has been friends for 3 years.
And surely bookie may have in 3 years at some point offered him some bucks, Why would he abstain.
And surely bookie may have in 3 years at some point offered him some bucks, Why would he abstain.
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They've been found guilty, and they haven't appealed to a higher legal entity, and don't plan on it. How much more do you need? You seem more worried about their innocence then they do themselves.
That was a criminal case. Players above should count their blessings they weren't trialed on that basis.
How can the evidence be 'heresay' if it hasn't been made public? Oh wait, that's exactly why its hearsay and speculation.
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PCB has option to recover Khalid Latif’s fine
The lawyer (Badar Alam) of the recently banned Pakistani cricketer Khalid Latif was wondering why his client got harsher punishment than Sharjeel Khan.
On Wednesday, the top order right-handed batsman was penalized for 1 million Pakistani Rupees and given a five-year suspension without the suspended sentence.
“My client (Khalid Latif) did not play the match where the spot-fixing is alleged to have taken place but still got the harsher punishment than Sharjeel Khan, who played the match and got a five year ban with the suspended sentence and no penalty”.
“We shall be appealing against this. Will discuss the detailed order (when it comes) with Khalid Latif and then will decide to appeal against the order”, the lawyer, speaking exclusively, said.
“I am hopeful the situation would not arise when Latif has to pay the fine and face this lengthy ban”.
Apparently, none of the players who were named in Justice Qayyum report paid the penalty. In the year 2000, Justice Mohammad Qayyum was asked to investigate the match-fixing allegations and had recommended the fines be recovered from Salim Malik (Rs. 10 lac), Wasim Akram (Rs. 3 lac), Mushtaq Ahmad (Rs. 3 lac), Ata-ur-Rehman (Rs. 1 lac), Waqar Younis (Rs. 1 lac), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Rs. 1 lac), Akram Raza (Rs. 1 lac), and Saeed Anwar (Rs. 1 lac).
“It is up to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) how to recover the fine (from Khalid Latif). Our job will be over as soon as we finish the enquiies and issue the detailed order. All files will be handed over to the PCB”, one of the three members of the tribunal panel told to this paper.
If Latif does not appeal or loses the appeal, if he files so, the PCB may recover from his outstandind dues.
“The PCB had handed over a cheque of Rs. 32 lacs to Khalid Latif but was dis-honoured”, his lawyer confirmed.
This may have been immediately after Latif’s name was linked to the spot-fixing.
https://pakobserver.net/pcb-option-recover-khalid-latifs-fine/
The lawyer (Badar Alam) of the recently banned Pakistani cricketer Khalid Latif was wondering why his client got harsher punishment than Sharjeel Khan.
On Wednesday, the top order right-handed batsman was penalized for 1 million Pakistani Rupees and given a five-year suspension without the suspended sentence.
“My client (Khalid Latif) did not play the match where the spot-fixing is alleged to have taken place but still got the harsher punishment than Sharjeel Khan, who played the match and got a five year ban with the suspended sentence and no penalty”.
“We shall be appealing against this. Will discuss the detailed order (when it comes) with Khalid Latif and then will decide to appeal against the order”, the lawyer, speaking exclusively, said.
“I am hopeful the situation would not arise when Latif has to pay the fine and face this lengthy ban”.
Apparently, none of the players who were named in Justice Qayyum report paid the penalty. In the year 2000, Justice Mohammad Qayyum was asked to investigate the match-fixing allegations and had recommended the fines be recovered from Salim Malik (Rs. 10 lac), Wasim Akram (Rs. 3 lac), Mushtaq Ahmad (Rs. 3 lac), Ata-ur-Rehman (Rs. 1 lac), Waqar Younis (Rs. 1 lac), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Rs. 1 lac), Akram Raza (Rs. 1 lac), and Saeed Anwar (Rs. 1 lac).
“It is up to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) how to recover the fine (from Khalid Latif). Our job will be over as soon as we finish the enquiies and issue the detailed order. All files will be handed over to the PCB”, one of the three members of the tribunal panel told to this paper.
If Latif does not appeal or loses the appeal, if he files so, the PCB may recover from his outstandind dues.
“The PCB had handed over a cheque of Rs. 32 lacs to Khalid Latif but was dis-honoured”, his lawyer confirmed.
This may have been immediately after Latif’s name was linked to the spot-fixing.
https://pakobserver.net/pcb-option-recover-khalid-latifs-fine/
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Pakistan batsman Khalid Latif, who has been banned for five-years by an Anti-Corruption Tribunal of the PCB on allegations of fixing has claimed to have received death threats.
“Khalid during third week of June got a call from a private number on his cell phone and the unknown caller told him clearly that if he tried to create a nuisance or resist in the spot-fixing case he would himself buried between the graves of his parents in Karachi,” his lawyer, Badr Alam claimed on a private news channel.
Alam, who is representing Latif in the PSL spot-fixing case since February claimed that his client had informed him about the death threat at that time and also about some other messages and requested him (Alam) to keep silent while the spot-fixing hearing was going on before the tribunal.
“That is why I didn’t say anything but now that Khalid has been banned and fined for something he didn’t do. I have written to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) drawing their attention to the matter as security is needed for my client and his family,” Alam claimed.
The senior lawyer said he had no doubt that the cases of Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif were not as simple or black and white as they seemed or were made out to be by the PCB and its anti-corruption officials.
“I get this feeling that Khalid and Sharjeel have been given out a clear message by this syndicate that if you don’t listen to us and cooperate with us you can’t remain in the cricket mainstream,” he said.
http://indianexpress.com/article/sp...-threats-claims-his-lawyer-badr-alam-4855749/
“Khalid during third week of June got a call from a private number on his cell phone and the unknown caller told him clearly that if he tried to create a nuisance or resist in the spot-fixing case he would himself buried between the graves of his parents in Karachi,” his lawyer, Badr Alam claimed on a private news channel.
Alam, who is representing Latif in the PSL spot-fixing case since February claimed that his client had informed him about the death threat at that time and also about some other messages and requested him (Alam) to keep silent while the spot-fixing hearing was going on before the tribunal.
“That is why I didn’t say anything but now that Khalid has been banned and fined for something he didn’t do. I have written to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) drawing their attention to the matter as security is needed for my client and his family,” Alam claimed.
The senior lawyer said he had no doubt that the cases of Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif were not as simple or black and white as they seemed or were made out to be by the PCB and its anti-corruption officials.
“I get this feeling that Khalid and Sharjeel have been given out a clear message by this syndicate that if you don’t listen to us and cooperate with us you can’t remain in the cricket mainstream,” he said.
http://indianexpress.com/article/sp...-threats-claims-his-lawyer-badr-alam-4855749/
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I have no idea why on Earth PCB will give him life threats.
Surely they can't be so competent for that either?
Surely they can't be so competent for that either?
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More case it was the bookies not PCB. I imagine bookies, now Khalid is caught, will want Khalid to stay silent about everything and not pry too deep. Longer the case stays open, more chance of trouble to bookies. Plus Khalid if he fixed and got caught, isn't likely to be used by the bookies anymore now even if he walked away free, it'd be too risky to use him. And if Latif would be in the situation where he would expose others in order to try and reduce his sentence, that would be bad news for them.
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Please share the evidence with me. I think I haven't seen any evidence. And if you don't know yet, Sharjeel's lawyer has appealed. Again, I am the first one to say we should punish the guilty. But I can't understand on what basis Sharjeel is guilty. If you have the evidence, then please put that up. Don't give me something the PCB has been saying, that "we were told about fixing by someone". NO! I NEED EVIDENCE MAN!!
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Look at the tribunal first. They're not even qualified individuals. One of them is a lawyer and that's it. Expert witnesses of all Aquib, Yusuf and Dean Jones said the same thing, the balls were played on merit by Sharjeel. If you think the evidence was there, why bring "expert witness"? I see this case going to supreme court and/or CAS. From what I have seen so far, there is no such evidence that atleast Sharjeel fixed. Yes, the charges he might be guilty of might be the same that prosecuted Nawaz and Irfan.
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Pakistan batsman Khalid Latif has been handed a five-year ban and fined one million rupees by the anti-corruption tribunal after finding him guilty of six breaches of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s anti-corruption code.
The detailed order of the tribunal released confirmed that the three-member bench found Latif guilty off all six charges, brought against him by the PCB in the spot-fixing case during the Pakistan Super League in Dubai in February.
The tribunal, headed by a former judge of the Lahore High Court, has already banned Test opener Sharjeel Khan for five years with half of the sentence suspended on spot-fixing charges.
PCB’s legal advisor Tafazzul Rizvi said the detailed order on Latif showed that the tribunal found him guilty of meeting with a bookmaker, Yousuf on 8th and 9th of February and agreeing to spot-fixing in a match.
“It is irrelevant whether Khalid played a match or not. The full order finds him guilty of breaching the code of conduct.”
Latif has also been found guilty of trying to instigate teammates to spot-fix and convincing Sharjeel to meet with the bookmaker in Dubai. Latif and his lawyer now have 14 days to file an appeal against the ban and fine.
Sharjeel has already appealed against his ban and the PCB has appointed a former judge of the Supreme court to hear his petition from Wednesday in Lahore.
“Sharjeel has already filed his appeal while the PCB has also appealed with the independent adjudicator,” Rizvi said.
He said the PCB had appealed since Sharjeel was found guilty on all six counts of violating the anti-corruption code, half of his ban should not be suspended and that he should also be fined.
Rizvi also said that the cases being heard against Pakistani batsmen Nasir Jamshed and Shahzaib Hasan would also be decided soon by the tribunal.
Asked about a statement made by a senior official of the UK national crime agency before the tribunal about the possible involvement of few other Pakistani players in spot-fixing during the Bangladesh Premier League, Rizvi said since the tournament was a domestic event of the Bangladesh cricket board they would first have to take a decision on whether to open investigations into the allegations.
“If they don’t open investigations in 180 days then the PCB can decide to hold its own inquiry,” he said.
Rizvi said while the PCB was conducting a disciplinary hearing against the accused cricketers but the Federal Investigation Agency could also concurrently hold criminal proceedings against the players on corruption and fraud charges.
http://m.hindustantimes.com/cricket...spot-fixing/story-46stPoCeifX0zDlY8i6GbK.html
The detailed order of the tribunal released confirmed that the three-member bench found Latif guilty off all six charges, brought against him by the PCB in the spot-fixing case during the Pakistan Super League in Dubai in February.
The tribunal, headed by a former judge of the Lahore High Court, has already banned Test opener Sharjeel Khan for five years with half of the sentence suspended on spot-fixing charges.
PCB’s legal advisor Tafazzul Rizvi said the detailed order on Latif showed that the tribunal found him guilty of meeting with a bookmaker, Yousuf on 8th and 9th of February and agreeing to spot-fixing in a match.
“It is irrelevant whether Khalid played a match or not. The full order finds him guilty of breaching the code of conduct.”
Latif has also been found guilty of trying to instigate teammates to spot-fix and convincing Sharjeel to meet with the bookmaker in Dubai. Latif and his lawyer now have 14 days to file an appeal against the ban and fine.
Sharjeel has already appealed against his ban and the PCB has appointed a former judge of the Supreme court to hear his petition from Wednesday in Lahore.
“Sharjeel has already filed his appeal while the PCB has also appealed with the independent adjudicator,” Rizvi said.
He said the PCB had appealed since Sharjeel was found guilty on all six counts of violating the anti-corruption code, half of his ban should not be suspended and that he should also be fined.
Rizvi also said that the cases being heard against Pakistani batsmen Nasir Jamshed and Shahzaib Hasan would also be decided soon by the tribunal.
Asked about a statement made by a senior official of the UK national crime agency before the tribunal about the possible involvement of few other Pakistani players in spot-fixing during the Bangladesh Premier League, Rizvi said since the tournament was a domestic event of the Bangladesh cricket board they would first have to take a decision on whether to open investigations into the allegations.
“If they don’t open investigations in 180 days then the PCB can decide to hold its own inquiry,” he said.
Rizvi said while the PCB was conducting a disciplinary hearing against the accused cricketers but the Federal Investigation Agency could also concurrently hold criminal proceedings against the players on corruption and fraud charges.
http://m.hindustantimes.com/cricket...spot-fixing/story-46stPoCeifX0zDlY8i6GbK.html
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So they are now also taking up BPL Spot Fixing Investigations?
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Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has filed an appeal seeking a life ban on disgraced national team batsman, Khalid Latif, who was banned for five years and fined one million rupees for spot fixing. PCB’s legal advisor, Tafazzul Rizvi, said they had filed an appeal with the independent adjudicator, seeking a life ban on Latif. “We are not satisfied with the five-year ban and volume of fine. Our policy is clear that we have zero tolerance for players found guilty of corruption,” he said. “We don’t want to see players who are found guilty on all counts under the anti-corruption code to play again. We want to make an example for others.”
Latif and batsman Sharjeel Khan were both found guilty by a three-member anti-corruption tribunal for spot fixing and other breaches of the anti-corruption code. The duo were suspended and sent back from Dubai in February after meeting a suspected bookmaker and allegedly agreeing to spot fix for him. The tribunal banned Sharjeel for five years, suspending half of his sentence and didn’t fine him. But in Latif’s case, the tribunal, headed by a former Lahore High Court didn’t show any relaxation at all. While the tribunal found Sharjeel and Latif guilty on all counts of charges brought against them by the PCB, in Latif’s case, he was found guilty of one additional charge, which was that he had instigated his team-mate to indulge in spot fixing.
Sharjeel has already filed an appeal against his ban with the independent adjudicator, but there is no word from Latif so far. But Latif and his lawyer, since the start of the tribunal proceedings, have alleged that it was biased against them and they had not been given a fair hearing. Latif’s lawyer has also filed a petition in the higher court against the tribunal proceedings and ban. In Pakistan’s cricket history only one player — former Test batsman Salim Malik — has been banned for life on match-fixing charges way back in 2000.
http://www.cricketcountry.com/news/pcb-demands-life-ban-on-khalid-latif-656593
Latif and batsman Sharjeel Khan were both found guilty by a three-member anti-corruption tribunal for spot fixing and other breaches of the anti-corruption code. The duo were suspended and sent back from Dubai in February after meeting a suspected bookmaker and allegedly agreeing to spot fix for him. The tribunal banned Sharjeel for five years, suspending half of his sentence and didn’t fine him. But in Latif’s case, the tribunal, headed by a former Lahore High Court didn’t show any relaxation at all. While the tribunal found Sharjeel and Latif guilty on all counts of charges brought against them by the PCB, in Latif’s case, he was found guilty of one additional charge, which was that he had instigated his team-mate to indulge in spot fixing.
Sharjeel has already filed an appeal against his ban with the independent adjudicator, but there is no word from Latif so far. But Latif and his lawyer, since the start of the tribunal proceedings, have alleged that it was biased against them and they had not been given a fair hearing. Latif’s lawyer has also filed a petition in the higher court against the tribunal proceedings and ban. In Pakistan’s cricket history only one player — former Test batsman Salim Malik — has been banned for life on match-fixing charges way back in 2000.
http://www.cricketcountry.com/news/pcb-demands-life-ban-on-khalid-latif-656593
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Why is it that Sharjeel has been banned for 2.5 years and Latif for 5? And now for spot fixing they are pushing for Latif's ban to be extended to life ban? They are the same guys who pushed for Amir's comeback, now supporting Salman Butt's comeback as a leader of the spot fixing saga. They are not supportive of Asif's comeback.
Why so much preferential treatments for the same activity? Double standards I guess.
They should hand same ban and fines for the same corrupt activity and not be biased.
Can someone explain it to me?
Why so much preferential treatments for the same activity? Double standards I guess.
They should hand same ban and fines for the same corrupt activity and not be biased.
Can someone explain it to me?
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They all should have been banned for life time.
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Sharjeel's lawyers have requested the BCB to give them their reasons for reducing Ashraful's ban. They are basically trying to use it as precedent in Sharjeel's favour.
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KARACHI: The Independent Adjudicator on Wednesday announced a decision on the appeal made by Khalid Latif in which he requested waiving off the five-year ban and Rs1 million fine.
The former Islamabad United opener was punished for taking part in the spot-fixing scandal during the second edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
The Karachi-born will serve the stipulated five-year ban, however, he received a relief on the Rs1m fine, which was waived in the wake of the decision.
The 32-year-old faced troubled times during the hearing of the case where his lawyer, on numerous occasions, criticised the Anti-Corruption Tribunal formed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
Latif represented Pakistan in five ODIs and 13 T20Is, where he collectively scored 384 runs, courtesy two half centuries.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1622860/7-latif-receives-relief-psl2-spot-fixing-punishment/
The former Islamabad United opener was punished for taking part in the spot-fixing scandal during the second edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
The Karachi-born will serve the stipulated five-year ban, however, he received a relief on the Rs1m fine, which was waived in the wake of the decision.
The 32-year-old faced troubled times during the hearing of the case where his lawyer, on numerous occasions, criticised the Anti-Corruption Tribunal formed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
Latif represented Pakistan in five ODIs and 13 T20Is, where he collectively scored 384 runs, courtesy two half centuries.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1622860/7-latif-receives-relief-psl2-spot-fixing-punishment/
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It should have been doubled rather than waiving off
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Former Pakistan opener Khalid Latif on Wednesday lost an appeal against a five-year ban for spot-fixing but had his one million rupee ($10,000) fine waived, the country’s cricket body said.
Adjudicator Justice Faqir Khokhar upheld the ban, saying there was “overwhelming” evidence against Latif, but waived the fine as his career was almost over, Pakistan Cricket Board lawyer Taffazul Rizvi told reporters in Lahore.
Latif, who had shown tremendous early promise as a cricketer but failed to make an impact at international level, played five one-day internationals and 13 T20Is, the last of which was against the West Indies in Abu Dhabi in September 2016.
The scandal surfaced during the second edition of the Pakistan Super League in February last year when Latif was playing for Islamabad United.
Latif, 32, was charged with orchestrating a deal with a bookie that would see his fellow opener Sharjeel Khan deliberately playing two dot balls -- deliveries off which no run is scored -- in the opening match against Peshawar Zalmi in Dubai.
Spot-fixing involves determining the outcome of a specific part of a match rather than the overall result, and is therefore harder to detect than match-fixing.
Sharjeel was also banned for five years -- two and a half years suspended -- and his appeal was rejected last November.
Paceman Mohammad Irfan and spinner Mohammad Nawaz were banned for one year and two months respectively for not reporting fixing offers.
Another former opener Nasir Jamshed -- alleged to have played a role as coordinator in the PSL fixing deal -- was banned for one year for not cooperating with the inquiry.
The decision against another international player, Shahzaib Hasan, was reserved and will be announced on Saturday.
Pakistani cricket has long been tainted by allegations of spot-fixing.
The most infamous incident came on the 2010 tour of England, when then-captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were all given prison sentences for consiring to bowl deliberate no-balls in the fourth Test at Lord’s.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...an-rejected/story-QEWs4KdfU7cZBKT44rKM3M.html
Adjudicator Justice Faqir Khokhar upheld the ban, saying there was “overwhelming” evidence against Latif, but waived the fine as his career was almost over, Pakistan Cricket Board lawyer Taffazul Rizvi told reporters in Lahore.
Latif, who had shown tremendous early promise as a cricketer but failed to make an impact at international level, played five one-day internationals and 13 T20Is, the last of which was against the West Indies in Abu Dhabi in September 2016.
The scandal surfaced during the second edition of the Pakistan Super League in February last year when Latif was playing for Islamabad United.
Latif, 32, was charged with orchestrating a deal with a bookie that would see his fellow opener Sharjeel Khan deliberately playing two dot balls -- deliveries off which no run is scored -- in the opening match against Peshawar Zalmi in Dubai.
Spot-fixing involves determining the outcome of a specific part of a match rather than the overall result, and is therefore harder to detect than match-fixing.
Sharjeel was also banned for five years -- two and a half years suspended -- and his appeal was rejected last November.
Paceman Mohammad Irfan and spinner Mohammad Nawaz were banned for one year and two months respectively for not reporting fixing offers.
Another former opener Nasir Jamshed -- alleged to have played a role as coordinator in the PSL fixing deal -- was banned for one year for not cooperating with the inquiry.
The decision against another international player, Shahzaib Hasan, was reserved and will be announced on Saturday.
Pakistani cricket has long been tainted by allegations of spot-fixing.
The most infamous incident came on the 2010 tour of England, when then-captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were all given prison sentences for consiring to bowl deliberate no-balls in the fourth Test at Lord’s.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...an-rejected/story-QEWs4KdfU7cZBKT44rKM3M.html
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