Karachi: With Asad Rauf allegedly under scanner in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is planning to bind its umpires under contractual obligations to make them answerable for their assignments and activities.
A reliable source in the PCB told PTI that Chairman Zaka Ashraf had given instructions to make them contractual employees. "The idea is to have control over their activities and monitor them and their assignments. We plan to bring them under contractual obligations with the board," the source said.
Earlier, Ashraf had made it clear that the board had no role in the appointment of Asad Rauf in the IPL matches nor his going to India.
"The problem is that until now we don't have top umpires in our domain but we plan to introduce new rules to bring umpires from our country in our domain. As per the proposed rules, the Pakistani umpires will have to sign a contract with the Board," the source added....
more
10:19 PM, May 25, 2013
Karachi: The manager of Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf, allegedly under the scanner in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal, on Saturday claimed that his client has not indulged in corruption and is innocent. "Asad has no links with any bookie nor is he involved in any corrupt practice. He has had a very clean career," Rauf's manager Shahzad Ahmed told PTI. "I think it is totally unfair the way the...
07:42 PM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai: Police said on Friday that they were investigating all the angles in the Indian spot-fixing scandal but refused to confirm if they were targeting top Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf. Rauf was withdrawn from next month's Champions Trophy in England amid media reports that he is under police investigation for spot-fixing, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Thursday. Mumbai Police would not confirm whether the umpire was being investigated...
10:29 AM, May 25, 2013
Karachi: PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf on Friday said they have no clue why Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf was under investigation in the IPL spot-fixing scandal and why he has been withdrawn from the Champions Trophy. Rauf is under police scanner for involvement in spot-fixing, although nothing concrete has come out yet. "The ICC has told us they were withdrawing Rauf from the Champions Trophy panel, but so far we don't...
03:46 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The widening net in the IPL spot-fixing and betting case continues to grow by the day. Actor Vindoo Dara Singh's interrogation, which first brought the focus on Chennai Super Kings CEO and BCCI chief N Srinavasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, has now also reached Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf. Gurunath Meiyappan was served summons by the Mumbai Police on Thursday to appear before investigators in Mumbai. Meiyappan though has asked...
07:50 AM, May 24, 2013
Catch the day's top stories with Rajdeep Sardesai on India @ 9. ...
11:38 PM, May 23, 2013
Asad Rauf was withdrawn from the Champions Trophy after reports that he was being probed by the Mumbai Police amidst the IPL spot-fixing case. ...
10:06 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: The PCB on Thursday said it will soon introduce new rules to bring Pakistani umpires under its "domain" in the wake of ICC's decision to withdraw Asad Rauf from the Champions Trophy following his questioning in connection with the spot-fixing scandal in IPL. PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf, though, said he is not in the know-how about Rauf's removal from the elite panel of umpires from next month's Champions...
07:47 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: In a fresh twist to the ongoing IPL spot-fixing scandal, the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday withdrew Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf from officiating in the Champions Trophy in England next month. Explaining the decision, ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said: "In the wake of reports that the Mumbai Police are conducting an investigation into Asad Rauf's activities, we feel that it is in Asad's best interests as...
06:31 PM, May 23, 2013
Mumbai/Islamabad: Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf, who has been accused by a Mumbai-based model of sexually exploiting her on the pretext of marrying her, has admitted that photographs of the two posing together were real, but denied having any relationship with her. Rauf, an ICC elite panel upmire, told Pakistani media that the model Leena Kapoor had taken pictures with him by posing as a fan. Kapoor, 21, forced him into...
01:44 PM, Aug 15, 2012
Mumbai: Renowned cricket umpire Asad Rauf has been caught on the back foot following allegations by an Oshiwara-based model that the former Pakistan first-class cricketer sexually exploited her for several months after promising marriage. Leena Kapoor has sent a written complaint to the office of Pratap Dighavkar, DCP, zone IX. She has mentioned that she had met Rauf through a mutual friend in Sri Lanka six months ago. They exchanged...
10:08 AM, Aug 15, 2012
