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Imran 'confused' by Qayyum report

Legendary all-rounder Imran Khan said on Wednesday the match-fixing issue is still alive despite the release of the judicial commision report in Pakistan.

"Justice Malik Mohammad Qayyum's report should have killed the issue but the issue is still open," Khan said.

The 47-year-old, who now heads his political party -- Movement for Justice -- said he could not comprehend on what charges the players had been fined.

"I am confused for what reason the players have been fined, and it is said that players have been condemned," he said.

Justice Qayyum's report, released earlier this month, imposed life bans on Salim Malik and Ataur Rehman and fined six other cricketers, including former Pakistani captain Wasim Akram.

"No one understands what they are fined for. If they were involved they should have been banned," he said.

"Australian players Shane Warne and Mark Waugh were fined for having contacts with a bookie in 1998, but it's unclear why players like Wasim Akram and others are fined," he said.

Khan said he had not yet read the report.

"I was very busy with my political party but I would like to read it. It seems inconclusive."

He said the game's governing body, the International Cricket Council, should act swiftly. "Until and unless they get to the bottom of the matter it will never die," he said.

Khan said video cassettes containing Salim Malik's conversation with undercover reporters of British newspaper News Of The World were incriminating.

"Malik's tapes can reveal much more. Doubts are cast over the whole Australian team as Malik claims that a one-day match in 1994 was doubly fixed by both Australia and Pakistan," he said.

"Malik claims that match-fixing is an on-going thing, (whereas) previously I thought it was only done in 1994," he said.

Khan also lashed out at umpiring decisions against Pakistan in the Antigua Test.

"There were dubious decisions and it is time the ICC implement the idea of neutral umpires at both ends," he said.

Pakistan lost the Antigua Test to the West Indies on Monday by one wicket after an exciting finish.