LAHORE: Former Check captain Salim Malik obtained no appreciable reduction right here on Monday in a video transcript case, allegedly involving him in fixing dialog, as former Lahore Excessive Courtroom Decide Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan, because the impartial adjudicator of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), introduced his determination of the case.
Salim, 57, was banned for all times in 2000 by the Justice Malik Qayyum Fee for his involvement in match-fixing. A civil courtroom in 2008 lifted the ban.
In his determination introduced on Monday, the decide denied Salim’s request to order the PCB to difficulty him (Salim) a clearance certificates concerning all allegations.
Nonetheless, the adjudicator requested the PCB to confirm the transcript, which was recorded again in 2000 however was produced for the primary time by the ICC in 2011, when then PCB chairman Ijaz Butt appointed Salim as head coach of the Nationwide Cricket Academy. Later, the appointment was withdrawn inside hours on stress from the ICC.
Adjudicator denies former skipper’s request for clearance certificates from PCB
The decide additionally ordered the PCB to not use the transcript in opposition to Salim until its verification, giving some reduction to the previous batsman as until the verification he might not be thought of tainted. Nonetheless then again, the adjudicator denied Salim’s request of asking the PCB to difficulty him NOC.
Right here it might be talked about that one of many PCB officers on the situation of anonymity had earlier advised Daybreak that the Board had already verified the transcript after the ICC couldn’t do it as but. The official claims that each one the verified cassettes had been handed over to the decide.
“In the concluding paragraphs of the 11-page judgment, Justice Chauhan wrote: “Appellant [Salim Malik] is seeking a Clearance Certificate from the PCB to the effect that he is not involved in any kind of match-fixing or betting. This prayer for issuance of NOC from PCB [the employer] is unnatural,” in accordance with a press launch issued by the PCB.
“[The] appellant has utilized for a job or publish or permission to run a Cricket Academy below the PCB and on the identical time is in search of NOC from the PCB. This prayer can’t be granted.
“The appellant needed to present his good character impartial of the PCB. He can’t ask the PCB to difficulty NOC for offering him a job or grant him permission.
“The appeal in hand is disposed of holding that the PCB shall not use the transcripts dated 25-5-2000 against the appellant [Salim Malik] without verifying the same against original tapes. The PCB is further directed to decide the application of the appellant [Salim Malik] for the post of batting coach, either way.”
Commenting on the judgement, PCB counsel Taffazul Rizvi stated: “The enchantment filed by Salim Malik has been disposed of by the discovered impartial adjudicator, Mr Justice Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan. The discovered impartial adjudicator has inter alia held that the prayer of Salim Malik for the grant of [the] NOC can’t be granted as he has to indicate his good character.
“It is also held by the adjudicator that Salim Malik cannot ask the PCB to issue NOC to provide him a job or grant him permission.”
Printed in Daybreak, October 27th, 2020
