ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has issued a fresh Notice ofCharge to former opening batsman Nasir Jamshed for violating five differentclauses of the board’s anti-corruption-code, directly linked withcorruption.Nasir, who was earlier banned for one year by PCB for violating clause2.4.6 of anti-corruption-clause (non-cooperation for an ongoinginvestigation) has now been charged for violating Articles 2.1.1, 2.1.2,2.1.3, 2.1.4 and 2.4.4 of the PCB’s Anti-Corruption Code.

A PCB statement on Thursday confirmed that the fresh charge-sheet has beensent to Nasir Jamshed.

“The Pakistan Cricket Board has today issued a Notice of Charge toCricketer, Nasir Jamshaid, wherein he has been charged with multipleviolations of Articles 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4 and 2.4.4 of the PCB’sAnti-Corruption Code for Participants (“the Code”). Nasir Jamshaid now hasfourteen (14) days to respond to the Notice of Charge,” read the PCBstatement.

All four clauses of article 2.1 of PCB’s anti-corruption code deal withissues of corruption.

The clause 2.1.1 says “fixing or contriving in any way or otherwiseinfluencing improperly, or being a party to any agreement or effort to fixor contrive in any way or otherwise influence improperly, the result,progress, conduct or any other aspect of any Domestic Match, including(without limitation) by deliberately underperforming therein.”

Clause 2.1.2 mentions “ensuring for Betting or other corrupt purposes theoccurrence of a particular incident in a Domestic Match.”

While the clause 2.1.3 refers to seeking, accepting, offering or agreeingto accept any bribe or other Reward to (a) fix or to contrive in any way orotherwise to influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or anyother aspect of any Domestic Match or (b) ensure for Betting or othercorrupt purposes the occurrence of a particular incident in a Domestic Match

The clause 2.1.4 is about pressurizing another participant for gettinginvolved in corrupt practices, the clause stats “Directly or indirectlysoliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging orintentionally facilitating any Participant to breach any of the foregoingprovisions of this Article 2.1.”

Nasir has also been charged for failing to disclose to the PCB Vigilanceand Security Department (without unnecessary delay) full details of anyapproaches or invitations received by the Participant to engage in CorruptConduct under this Anti-Corruption Code clause 2.4.4

If charges are proven against him, Nasir can face a ban from five yearsminimum to maximum lifetime.