Report finds Malik, Rehman guilty

The commission also recommended a one million Pakistani rupees (about Rs 7.95 lakh Indian) fine on Malik, Zia said adding the Board will accept all the recommendations made by the panel.

Though the commission said there were still many questions unanswered about the involvement of former skipper. Justice Qayyum, of the Lahore High Court, also said both Akram and Mushtaq, who are in the team, should not be allowed to captain the squad in future.

The commission also fined fast bowler Waqar Younis, Inzamam-ul Haq, Akram Raza and former captain Saeed Anwar Rs. 100,000 for not co-operating with the commission but found no evidence of their involvement in match-fixing.Accusing Malik as the biggest player in match-fixing, the Qayyum panel said the former captain should be prevented from having any involvement with the game as a player or official.

Malik, who was thrown out of the team after a PCB interim committee found him quilty of wrongdoing along with Akram and batsman Ijaz Ahmed, and Rehman are not with the Pakistan national team, currently touring West Indies.Criticising Akram, the report said he was “not above suspicion” and called for an inquiry into his assets.

“Looking at the allegations in their totality, the commission feels that …. Wasim Akram is not above board. He can not be said to be above suspicion and should be kept under strick vigilance,” the report said.The commission, which heard over 60 witnesses including players – former and present, officials and some bookies over a period of one year probed a number of matches since 1994 including the World Cup defeats to Bangladesh and Australia.

The report was submitted to Pakistan president Mohd Rafiq Tarar, who is patron of PCB, earlier this year but was released on Wednesday after an ultimatium by the International Cricket Council last month.