Summary Plaintiff's lawyer requested to extend the time of hearing for more preparation in the case.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News/AFP) – Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday gave time to the claimant’s lawyer in spot-fixing case of tainted trio Muhammad Amir, Muhammad Asif and Salman Butt.
The hearing of the case pertaining to ban the cricketers for lifetime was held by Justice Amir Farooq during which the plaintiff commentator Ahtesham-ul-Haq’s lawyer Umar Hanif stated that the players defamed country’s name by fixing match.
He urged lifetime ban on all the three accused on which the judge remarked that no ban can be imposed on the basis defamation and ethics only.
The lawyer requested to extend the time of hearing for more preparation in the case.
Subsequently, the court adjourned the case till December 14.
Earlier, former Test leg-spinner Abdul Qadir said that the PCB must treat Amir, Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif equally, arguing all three were involved in the menace of spot-fixing.
“Now as all three have completed their punishments and are also cleared by the International Cricket Council (ICC) so all of them should be treated in the same way,” Qadir maintained, adding he felt the PCB had made up its mind to recall only Amir, and not the other two.
Qadir believes if the PCB only allows Amir to play international cricket then it will be injustice to the other two. “When a player has completed punishment for his wrongdoings then there is no reason to stop him back [from playing the sport],” he insisted.
All the three trio were found guilty in spot-fixing charges for bowling no balls the previous summer against England at Lord’s in exchange for cash and were jailed in 2011 but the hopes of Salman Butt and bowler Mohammad Asif returning for Pakistan look bleak as Amir got chance to play international cricket.
