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Players to be re-examined following Latif evidence

KARACHI: Some of the persons who have testified before the Judicial Commission probing into match-fixing and betting allegations, may have to make a re-appearance following new evidence made available to the commission, writes Waheed Khan. This correspondent has learnt that audio tape recordings submitted by former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif to the Judicial Commission last week have confirmed that some of the testimonies made before the commission earlier were not entirely true. Justice Malik Muhammad Qayyum, who heads the government appointed commission confirmed that after hearing the audio tapes, it was apparent some of the persons had not spoken the truth before the commission in their earlier appearances. "Definitely the audio tapes will be helpful to the commission in it's inquiry into these serious charges. They for one prove that some of the persons who have testified earlier did not come clean," said the Justice. Declining to reveal the names of those who were found to be not telling the truth with the help of the audio tape recordings, the Justice remarked everyone would come to know about them in a few days time. Justice Malik Muhammad Qayyum also confirmed he would be sending the audio tapes to the President, who is the patron of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), before he finalised his report on the findings of the commission. According to him the audio tapes had proved to be helpful to the commission and he wanted the President to also listen to them, before he had the chance to study the commission's report. Justice Malik Muhammad Qayyum is currently busy with a Ehtesab bench case involving former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Islamabad and it is largely expected that after dealing with this case, he would be concentrating on the commission proceedings. 'The News' independently has learnt that the persons who might have to appear before the commission to clarify their position include Saeed Anwar and Saleem Malik etc. It is confirmed that the audio tape recordings have audible separate pieces of telephonic conversations in which Saeed and Malik discuss in detail the
match-fixing and betting issue and acknowledge it is a problem in Pakistan cricket. Interestingly Saeed has denied before the commission of having any knowledge of match-fixing taking place or that this issue was discussed with him by anyone related to Pakistan cricket.
 
 

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