Nasir Jamshed's will have to serve his 10-year ban for involvement in the spot-fixing row that rocked the PSL during the 2016-17 season after the ban was upheld by an independent adjudicator on Monday.
Justice (R) Mian Hamid Farooq, in his order, noted that the ban levied on Nasir Jamshed was "perfectly justified" and would continue to remain in place. However, the additional penalties imposed by the Anti-Corruption Tribunal related to: "inclusion of Nasir in the list of players to be avoided by cricketers and all stakeholders" and "not to be given an important role in the management or administration of cricket" have been struck down as they fall outside the jurisdiction of Article 6.2 of the PCB's Anti-Corruption Code.
In August this year, PCB's Anti-Corruption Tribunal had observed that he was guilty in relation to five of the seven breaches of the board's anti-corruption code. The tribunal also decided that alongside banning the cricketer from playing any form of cricket during the aforementioned period, a player who has violated the anti-corruption code should also be disqualified from taking up any administrative positions with regard to Pakistan cricket for life.
The PCB had termed Jamshed as the key figure in the scandal as he recruited the players on behalf of bookies for spot-fixing.
In December 2017, Jamshed was also suspended for one year by the board after an anti-corruption tribunal noted he was guilty of "non-cooperation" in relation to the spot-fixing case. The ban meant that Jamshed couldn't play cricket till February 13, 2018 - exactly one year on from the time when he was initially suspended.
After his ban ended, the board had slapped him with seven violations of their anti-corruption code. Jamshed had replied by rejecting the charges against him in April.
