Re: Why Imran Khan?
Zardari asks Malik to see if the players can be bailed out, and Malik saying that legal help will be provided to them. Anyways legal help if any should have been provided before the sentences were handed out.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/287578/malik-requests-legal-aid-for-spot-fixing-trio/
Zardari expresses ‘disappointment’ over PCB role in spot-fixing case
**President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed disappointment over the role played by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in the spot-fixing case and has sought a complete report in this regard, *Express 24/7 *reported on Friday.
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Interior Minister Rehman Malik had earlier briefed the president on the sentences handed to the three Pakistani players.
Zardari has sought a comprehensive report from the PCB and has directed the governing body to take steps to avoid such scandals in the future.
The president has also directed the cricket board and Malik to look for ways to bail out the three players.
**Malik requests legal aid for spot-fixing trio
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**Malik had earlier today, while commenting on the spot fixing verdict, said that the decision was taken on first level in the court and that he had requested Pakistan’s High Commissioner to United Kingdom (UK) Wajid Shamsul Hassan to provide necessary legal aid to the trio.
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Speaking to the media, Malik had said that if it were a conspiracy against the players, it should be revealed to the world and a commission should investigate the issue from scratch.
The interior minister said, “We cannot rule out the possibility of any of the convicted players being innocent.”
**He said that the players will not be left alone and that legal aid would be provided to them.
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Earlier on Thursday, Malik had vowed that the government will defend players tainted in the spot-fixing trial as citizens of Pakistan if they are found innocent.
(Read: Govt to defend spot-fixing trio if found innocent: Rehman Malik)](http://tribune.com.pk/story/287005/govt-to-defend-spot-fixing-trio-if-found-innocent-rehman-malik/)
He said that the government will see if the charges against the players are true or is there a conspiracy against them.