Nasir Jamshed Banned For Ten Years In Spot Fixing Case

Pakistan Cricket Board's three-member anti-corruption unit here on Friday banned Nasir Jamshed for 10 years in its spot-fixing probe and also declared him ineligible for holding any management roles in the PCB for life.

LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Aug, 2018 ) :Pakistan Cricket board's three-member anti-corruption unit here on Friday banned Nasir Jamshed for 10 years in its spot-fixing probe and also declared him ineligible for holding any management roles in the PCB for life.

The tribunal, headed by Justice Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan, and former cricketer Aaqib Javed and Supreme Court Advocate Shahzaib Masood as members found Nasir guilty of five of the seven breaches under Articles 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4 and 2.4.4 of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code.

He was charged for his role in the second edition of Pakistan Super League in United Arab Emirates in 2017.

He faced charges of approaching, influencing and soliciting other players for fixing.

"The verdict against the cricketer was reserved on August 16 and he was linchpin in the spot fixing scandal," said PCB's legal advisor, adding that "The tribunal has reached the verdict that the PCB's multiple charges against Nasir have been proved and he was banned for 10 years." Nasir was suspended from all forms of cricket in Feb 2017 for violating the PCB's Anti-Corruption Code and handed a one-year ban in December for failing to cooperate with the ACU's investigation.

"PCB has zero tolerance against corrupt practices in cricket and it has taken drastic measures to clean the game and to deal with such elements with an iron hand," he asserted.

The PCB legal advisor said Nasir will not be allowed to be associated with cricket or cricket administration even after his period of ban is over.

The verdict has wrapped up the scandal that surfaced from the spot-fixing scandal in the PSL as its all characters have been punished according to their role in the scandal," he added.

Earlier, PCB's tribunal had handed over several types of punishments to the other players involved in sport fixing scandal as batsmen Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif were handed five-year ban, while paceman Mohammad Irfan and all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz received respective suspensions for 12 and two months with Shahzaib Hassan one year ban.

Tafzzal said, "From the day one, it was our stance that he (Nasir) was the linchpin and he is the one who motivated other players. Our point was proved and accepted by the tribunal which found him guilty on multiple counts. Even if he returns after rehabilitation, he is not allowed to be engaged or associated in any cricket management role.

"There are a few cases you really don't delight or feel happy after winning, and instead you feel sad about it, because it ends with another career destroyed. It's painful to see Nasir ending that way as he didn't have his conduct right and he failed to fulfil his responsibilities according to theanti-corruption code of conduct."