How do you know that? He regreted for recent cricket crooks who were sent to jail, jinon ne mulk ke saath ghadari ki. From these sentiments he can not be termed as honest. yeh chuppa howa adakaar hay. Zardari ki corruption to isse nazar aati hay magar in logon ko jo na siraf corrupt hain balke mulk ke saath dhoka kya hay, aansoo in ke leay kyon nikal rahay hain, kyon?
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**“I always felt sorry for Amir”
**SHARJAH: Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan on Thursday said he was pained to hear the news of Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir being jailed for fixing parts of a Test match against England.
Pakistan former Test captain Butt, 27, received 30 months, fast bowler Asif, 28, received one year in jail and 19-year-old Amir was jailed for six months.
Butt and Asif were found guilty on Tuesday of deliberately bowling three no-balls during the Lord’s Test in August 2010 as part of a “spot-fixing” betting scam uncovered by Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct News of the World.
Amir and players’s agent Mazhar Majeed, sent down for 32 months, had already pleaded guilty to involvement in the scam.
Khan said it was painful to listen to the news.
“It is painful to listen (to) the news as a former Pakistan cricketer and I feel really sorry for their families,” Khan, who was on a political meeting here, told AFP.“
In a way I also feel sorry for these cricketers because they are from Pakistan where there are massive corruption cases against president (Asif Zardari) and they must have thought crime pays,” said Khan, who now heads his political party — Tehrik-e-Insaaf (Movement for Justice).
Khan said the punishments are a wake-up call for Pakistan cricket.
Khan criticised the previous cricket boards for sweeping the matter under the carpet.
Khan said he always felt sorry for Amir.
“I always felt sorry for Amir,” said Khan, himself a great fast bowler.
“He may have been influenced by the atmosphere around him, secondly he was the best young fast bowler and for the fact that he came out with a confession,” said Khan.
**Another former captain Ramiz Raja said he has no sympathy for the players.
“I have no sympathy, I have always maintined that in a team when the rest of the guys are fighting to win a game and two or three are fighting against it, trying to sell their souls to the devil, they cannot be afforded any sympathy,” said Raja.
“They hurt Pakistan cricket, their fans and even though it may sound rough to some of the fans but justice has been done and they deserved the punishement they got.”
Raja said the verdict will serve Pakistan cricket well.
“Even though it’s a sad situation for their families, justice has been done. You need to rid such elements from the game and it’s good for Pakistan cricket.
“Cricket needs good ambassadors and passionate cricketers who can be good ambassadors, who can serve their country honourably and unfortunately these three were on a diffrerent track,” said Raja.
Former coach Waqar Younis, in charge of the team during the England tour when the case surfaced, termed it “ugly.”
“I was part of the team when the whole episode took place. It was an ugly side of cricket. I don’t know much about the criminal law in England but cricketers being sentenced to jail is sad for cricket and bad for Pakistan,” Waqar told AFP.
“Unfortunately it has happened now and I pray the whole episode should end and clear the Pakistan team to start afresh.”
Waqar said he could never think of the three players being involved.
“I could not even think of any of these guys being involved when the whole thing was taking place. If I knew then things could have been managed differently and the board could have got involved and unfortunately it ends this way and they have to suffer.”**