Petition in Lahore HC to probe "fixed" Indo-Pak match

Lahore (PTI) - A petition filed in a Pakistani
court Thursday alleged that the India-Pakistan semi-final of
the cricket World Cup was "fixed in favour of India" and
sought a probe by the Federal Investigation Agency and
National Accountability Bureau.
The petition filed in the Lahore High Court by
Muhammad Irfan Mukhtar also alleged that the "cricket
diplomacy" by the two countries during the match was a
"conspiracy" hatched prepared by bookmakers to cover their
crime.
The petition filed by Mukhtar's lawyer Muhammad Azhar
Siddique named the Interior and Information Ministers, the
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, cricket team captain Shahid
Afridi, players Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal and Karman Akman and
Pakistan's envoys to to Britain, India and the UAE as parties
to the matter.
The Pakistani side was defeated by the India in the
semi-final that was watched by the Prime Ministers of the two
countries.
The petitioner alleged: "The way the Pakistan team
surrendered the match to India is obvious that the match was
fixed and for the realising of which, even cricket diplomacy
was initiated under a deep-rooted conspiracy wherein the role
of two Pakistani ministers may also not been ruled out."
Mukhtar contended Pakistan was "deeply hurt" by the
defeat of the national team and a probe should be conducted by
the FIA, NAB, Federal Board of Revenue and State Bank of
Pakistan to ascertain who was in contact with the players and
details of their bank accounts.