LINES OF INVESTIGATION ARISING OUT THE TAPES PURSUED

In response to the Rashid Latif tapes, the inquiry was reopened and more
people were called by the Commission.

First to be called was Rashid Latif. He vouched for the authenticity of the
tapes under oath. Further, he explained the various nicknames (referred to above)
used in the tapes. He swore that the tapes were authentic and unedited [after the
edited out names incident reported above.]

Further, when the commission pressed Rashid Latif to name the four players
who were present when Salim Malik made him an offer before the Christchurch match,
he did name them. They were according to him:

Waqar Younis,
Akram Raza,
Inzamam-ul-Haq.
Basit Ali.

Then Ata-ur-Rehman was confronted with his cassette. He denied that the voice
he heard was his voice. He further added that the first affidavit he had submitted
had been at the insistence of Aamir Sohail. Aamir Sohail had wanted to become the
captain of the team and so wanted to have Wasim Akram displaced.

Thereafter Salim Malik was confronted by his tape. He accepted that the voice
was his. He offered explanations for his comments. He stated that all he had been
saying in the tape was that rather than the players falsely accusing each other in
the press, they should all get together and work their differences out.

Rashid Latif was then cross-examined by the counsels for Wasim Akram and
Salim Malik. He stated that the issue of match-fixing first came to light when he
raised it. The first article was written by Usman Shirazi on the basis of
information supplied to him by Rashid. Salim Malik and he, Rashid said, have
different world-views but there was never any enmity between them. Rashid noted
that even when a Board enquiry was held against Salim Malik, it was only done in
the context of the Australian allegations and Rashid was not called. He had in fact
applied to the Board in 1995, but that is not on the record of the Board now. Then
in 1997, he made an application to the board which was received by Mr. Majid Khan.
On none of his applications an enquiry was held. He was not even called before the
probe committee. Arif Abassi and tour mangers had been told of match-fixing by
Rashid. Saleem Altaf held an enquiry in Zimbabwe in which Rashid was told to forget
everything. Rashid asserted that he had told Arif Abbassi everything and this can
be confirmed by the taped conversation he has submitted between Rashid and Arif
Abassi. The toss and inclusion of Akram Raza instead of Kabir Khan was crucial.
Half of the team wanted to bat first.

Basit then stated that he did not know if Basit Ali was involved in match-
fixing. Basit stated that he was friends with all his team-mates and that it was
incorrect to suggest that he and Basit had a special relationship. Rashid accepted
that he knew tapping phones was an offence, but he said, he did it all to reveal
the truth to the public. It was suggested to him that he was doing this because of
the Karachi-Lahore rivalry against Punjabi players. Rashid Latif denied this.
Moreover, he stated that all he was doing was telling the truth and the Salim Malik
counsels statement that he was harming the Pakistani name abroad was only an
unfortunate consequence. Lastly he denied any malice or lies in his statement.

The four players named by Rashid Latif were called. Three appeared. Basit Ali
seemed to have been struck down with Jaundice. Arrangements were tried to be made
for his statement to be recorded over the phone. However, those arrangements fell
through.