Senator Tariq Azeem Khan suggested in the Standing Committee on Sports that all-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi should be banned for five years from international cricket as his (Afridi) act humiliated the whole nation in the cricketing world.
The committee met on Monday in the chair of its chairman Abdul Ghaffar Qureshi here at the Parliament House.
Later, the committee constituted four-man sub-committee to look into the affairs of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) which is also headed by Abdul Ghaffar Qureshi.
Chairman PCB Ijaz Butt told the members of the committee that the International Cricket Council (ICC) for two matches ban had already penalised Afridi, so according to international laws, a man could not be punished twice.
“The PCB will take action against players after getting the findings of the PCB probe committee,” Butt said.
Tariq Azeem said that the ICC did his job. “The PCB should do perform its job and must take action against Afridi, as his ball-tampering act disgraced the whole nation. We should take action against him and should give a clear massage to other nations that Pakistanis do not support unethical acts,” he said.
Replying the questions from the senators, Ijaz Butt said the current slot of the players was not involved in any match-fixing. “The ICC has a strong system to monitor the match-fixing scandals and its departments are working under the Lord Condon. Every thing is clear and nothing to do with match-fixing,” he said.
The committee also requested President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari that the same cash awards would be given to other gold medal winners of the 11th South Asian Games 2010 which were awarded to Nasim Hamid and Sara Nasir. Pakistan claimed 19 golds in the eight-nation sports gala.
On this occasion, Secretary Sports Anis-ul-Hasnain Mosvi informed the members of committee that president had announced cash award of Rs 200,000 for gold medallists of the South Asian Games. “Minister of Sports will also give them cash awards on their brilliant performance,” he said.
Besides Chairman PCB Ijaz Butt, Secretary Sport Anis-ul-Hasnain Mosvi, Director General Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Amir Hamza Gilani, Chief Operating Officer PCB Wasim Bari, Haroon Rasheed and Javed Maindad also attended the meeting.
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