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| April 26, 2007 | Thursday | Rabi-us-Sani 08, 1428 |
No player, official summoned by Jamaican authorities: PCB
KARACHI, April 25: The Pakistan Cricket Board has once again refuted reports in the print and electronic media that the Jamaican police has asked for eight players and officials of the Pakistan team to appear before the coroner in Kingston, Jamaica in the Bob Woolmer "murder" case.
Zakir Khan, Director Cricket Operations and Dr Ehsan Malik, Director Media in the board strongly refuted media reports to this effect and said there was no substance in rumours taking round regarding board’s refusal to send the players and officials to Jamaica.
Malik said the board has been received no request or message from Jamaica asking for the players and officials to be sent to Kingston.
"We have had no such communication with the Jamaican police or authorities. Our position is very clear on this issue and if we do get any request from them, we will ask them to handle it on a government-to-government level," said Malik.
Zakir also expressed his ignorance over the board on getting any communication from Jamaica. "If anything had come I would be aware of it. But no one in the board has any knowledge about this at all," he said.
The Chairman of the Board, Dr Nasim Ashraf and his advisor, Saleem Altaf are currently in the West Indies to watch the World Cup semi-finals and the final.
Asad Mustafa, the Pakistan team's assistant manager in the World Cup who is still stationed in Kingston, said on telephone that he also had no knowledge of the Jamaican authorities asking for eight players and officials to come from Pakistan for the inquest.
"Frankly speaking at this moment we don't even know when they will have the inquest," he said.
He said to his knowledge no meeting was scheduled between Saleem Altaf, who watched the first sem-ifinal in Kingston, and the Jamaican authorities on Woolmer’s case.
He said the Jamaican authorities had released Woolmer's body but paper work was being completed and it would be another 24 to 48 hours before it can be sent to his home in Cape Town. Asad said he would probably accompany the body to South Africa.
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