Justice Qayyum Commission report, what? Why? How?

Justice Qayyum Commission report, what? Why? How?
Reading the 'Hamoodur Rehman Commission Report' is nothing short of a shock for everyone who loves Pakistan. Similarly, for any cricket-loving fan, reading the Justice Qayyum Commission report is a heart-wrenching task.

Cricket grounds have been deserted due to the corona virus, but the process of uprooting the pits has definitely begun. In the last few days, after the case of Saleem Malik came to light, the report of Justice Qayyum Commission came up again and again.

The 150-page document was the first step in investigating match-fixing in Pakistan cricket. Probably a factor as to why they're doing so poorly. But it would not be wrong to say that this was an important step in the right direction and if the recommendations of this report were fully followed and legislation was enacted for the future in this light, perhaps spot-fixing in 2010. There is no such thing as a scandal.

background
The 90s were the heyday of cricket. Where it was a time of great cricketers, color television had become commonplace and almost all cricket matches had been broadcast live. Then Pakistan's victory in the 1992 World Cup proved that cricket will now be the most popular sport in Pakistan.

With the growing popularity in Pakistan and abroad, the amount of money in cricket has also increased a lot and from here fixing also started to take root. Then we saw that the matter became serious until some of Pakistan's best players were accused of fixing and some were banned for life.

Some players have a lifelong notoriety and some are forever suspicious. Not only in Pakistan but also globally, investigations were carried out in India, South Africa and Australia and many big names came to light.

By the way, fixing in Pakistan cricket was not an unheard of thing, but the report of the commission itself mentions that Asif Iqbal was the captain of Pakistan in 1979-80, who was accused of betting on a toss during a match. ۔ Indian captain Gandapa Vishwanath mentioned in his book that when he came on the field with the Pakistani captain for the toss, he said to me before the toss was over, "Congratulations."

News of fixing in Pakistan reached its peak when Saleem Malik was made the captain. All the tours under his leadership were controversial and dubious. From a 1994 tour of New Zealand to a year later to Zimbabwe.

Early explosions
Then two whistleblowers came to the fore, one Basit Ali and the other Rashid Latif, who retired early to expose the fog behind the scenes. Following the news, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive Majid Khan suggested a judicial inquiry. A commission was set up in 1998 in which Justice Malik Mohammad Qayyum was given the important responsibility of investigating match-fixing by the players of the Pakistan cricket team, identifying the players involved and punishing them. Suggestions for

At that time, there was no law regarding match-fixing, nor were there any rules and regulations on the basis of which the commission would start its work. But the commission was of the opinion that match-fixing should be punishable by life imprisonment but there should be concrete evidence for it. No player's career can be ruined on the basis of hard evidence.

The beginning of the investigation
When the commission launched its investigation, two names came in the most circulation, one Saleem Malik and the other Wasim Akram, while a few matches came to light which were suspected to be match-fixing.

The first was an ODI against New Zealand on March 16, 1994 in Christchurch and the second was the second match of the Singer World Series on September 7, 1994 in Sri Lanka, which was played between Pakistan and Australia. In addition, many matches were questioned, such as the World Cup quarter-final against India in 1996 and the Coca-Cola Cup on April 12, 1999 against England in Sharjah. But as the investigation progressed, so did many other matches.

The names of Wasim Ikram and Saleem Malik came to the fore when the commission launched its probe. Photo: Twitter
And the Pandora's box opened!
The Pandora's box was now open. Allegations began to surface that Al-Aman Al-Hafiz! The first to appear before the commission was Sarfraz Nawaz, who said that the 1987 Pakistan-Australia World Cup semi-final was a fix and also a match against Sri Lanka in 1994 in which only one Pakistani player was out for 79 runs. And in a short time the whole team piled up 149 runs.