Monday, 30 Aug, 2010
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary sports committee in Pakistan on Monday asked the government to dissolve the country's cricket board in the latest corruption scandal to hit the sport.
Seven Pakistan national team players are facing a police investigation over a match-fixing scandal which surfaced on Sunday in British tabloid the News of the World.
“Our committee has unanimously recommended to dissolve the Pakistan Cricket Board and if it is not done we will collectively resign from this committee,” said Iqbal Mohammad Ali, chief of the committee in parliament's lower house.
Pakistan's national team have remained on tour in England since the scandal broke on Sunday, but are under pressure to cancel the rest of the planned matches.
“We also demand that the government call back the team's manager and coaches immediately and send new management (to England) to handle the crisis,” Ali told reporters outside Parliament House.
The standing committee on sports has repeatedly sought the removal of the cricket board's chief, Ijaz Butt, in recommendations to President Asif Zardari for mismanagement and the poor performance of the national team.
But Zardari, who is a patron of the board by virtue of his office, has ignored the demand.
Ali said the parliamentary committee would convene a special meeting on the issue of match-fixing and would hold its own inquiry into the controversy.
“We have also asked the government to take legal action against the players involved and send them to jail,” he said.If you want to follow news on your mobile, click on http://dawn.com/mobile/ and download Pakistan's first mobile news application. Currently this application is for Nokia phones only
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