**LAHORE: Former Pakistan batsman and member of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s national selection committee, Ijaz Ahmed was arrested in Lahore on Thursday.
**According to reports, Ahmed had defaulted on a loan taken from a foreign Islamic bank. He had reportedly taken a loan of ten million rupees and when the amount became due, he gave a cheque which bounced.
The bank filed an FIR and Ahmed was arrested by the Gulberg police station.
Ijaz Ahmed was one Pakistan’s most prolific middle-order batsmen and an exceptional fielder. He played 60 Test matches and 250 one-day internationals for Pakistan.
Currently working as a fielding coach at the PCB’s National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore, Ahmed was also temporarily made a member of the national selection committee but was later left out when the new, permanent committee was formed.
Cricket-Pakistan fielding coach Ijaz charged with forgery**
KARACHI, March 26 (Reuters) - Pakistani police arrested and charged former test player and national team fielding coach Ijaz Ahmed with alleged forgery on Thursday.
Police officials at the Gulberg police station in the eastern city of Lahore said two property dealers had filed a complaint against Ijaz, 40, for issuing them cheques that had bounced.
The value of the cheques is put at 11 million rupees (approximately $138,000).
"They have filed a forgery case against Ijaz who is under arrest now," police official Rana Jabbar said.
**Pakistan's former test captain Salim Malik, the brother-in-law of Ijaz, denied that his relative had committed any wrongdoing.**
**"The truth is that these property dealers owe money to Ijaz and they have registered a false case against him," Malik said.**
Ijaz played 60 tests and 250 one-day internationals and was a member of the Pakistan team that won the 1992 World Cup.
Ijaz has been working as the fielding coach of the national team for the last few months and was also a senior coach at the national cricket academy.
This has become an epidemic in Pakistan. People take big loans via credit cards/banks without thinking they have to pay it back. Then banks send thugs to get their money back.
This has become an epidemic in Pakistan. People take big loans via credit cards/banks without thinking they have to pay it back. Then banks send thugs to get their money back.
Well i can attest it is the case coz my Cousin is Head of department for retriving of unsecured loans at a major foreign bank In Pakistan. He showed me the guys the Bank use to send to PPL when they don't get the monthly/quarterly agreed installments
Its not like Zardari got arrested 
