PCB recovers 9 lakh from 5 players

Lahore: Five leading players of the country Wasim Akram, Mushtaq Ahmad, Saeed Anwar, Waqar Younis and Inzamam-ul-Haq have been fined to the tune of Rs. nine lakh by the Pakistan Cricket Board as per the recommendation of Justice Qayyum’s report.

A PCB spokesman disclosed here that Board has already recovered the dues from the players after imposing fine on them and those were deducted from their last year’s earnings. Wasim Akram and Mushtaq Ahmad were fined the maximum Rs.300,000 each while the other three Anwar, Younis and Haq coughed up Rs.100,000 lakh each. The two players who have yet not paid the fine of Rs. one lakh each are Ata-ur-Rehman and Akram Raza.

The spokesman said that Board will deduct the money from from their provident fund. He said decision regarding fine on Salim Malik will be taken only after the Lahore High Court decides his case. Malik has moved the court challenging the Qayyum report and ban imposed on him.