Islamabad, Sept. 6: Tax authorities in Pakistan will scrutinise the assets and sources of income of the Pakistani cricketers accused of “fixing almost every match”, officials said.
“The players were getting away with this (huge assets). We will now see how much they have in assets and what their sources (of income) are,” said an official of the Federal Board of Revenue.
The official said regional tax offices have been directed to submit to the FBR details of the assets and sources of income, including vehicles, plots, agri-farms, bungalows, national/international bank accounts and movable/non-movable assets of the Pakistan cricket team members, captains, coaches, managers, commentators, selectors and other office-holders for the last five years and also provide their national tax numbers (NTNs). Test captain Salman Butt and pace bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have been suspended by the International Cricket Council after reports in the British tabloid News of The World.
The same tabloid also released a video of Pakistan batsman Yasir Hameed on Sunday in which he claims that some players had built up property and assets that included more than one bungalow by fixing matches. The FBR official said the regional tax offices have also been asked to check whether the players have been filing their income-tax returns.