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Pakistan inquiry finds 'no planned match-fixing'

A judicial inquiry has found "no planned match-fixing" by any Pakistani cricketers, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Lieutenant General Tauqir Zia said on Wednesday.

"There has been no planned match-fixing found during the inquiry," he said from Lahore.

Lahore High Court judge Malik Abdul Qayyum, who conducted the inquiry, has, however, proposed "bans and fines" against some players "only because of their non-cooperation with the inquiry," the PCB chairman said.

About 70 players, officials and others testified during the year-long inquiry the judge concluded in October last year. Zia said the inquiry report would be made public in next eight to 10 days.

The cricket world "will get a lesson from our report and they will know how to conduct an inquiry," he said.

Zia said it was up to President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, who is also patron of the cricket board, to order action on the recommendations made by judge Qayyum in his report.

The PCB chairman last week met the president who asked for clarifications on certains points in the report. Zia said the board had taken legal advice from experts and would resubmit the report to the president in the next few days.

The public "must get the truth", Zia said, adding that the report would cause no damage to Pakistan's image.

"Pakistan's image will not be stained over this; we are giving a lesson to others," he said.