A Pakistani court today ordered authorities to register a criminal case against former cricket captain Salman Butt and two other cricketers who were convicted of corruption and spot-fixing by a court in Britain. The additional district and sessions court in Lahore issued the order in Pakistan cricketers first to be jailed for fixing response to an application filed by lawyer Muhammad Zubair Bulqan, who had asked the judge to direct authorities to register
a case against the Pakistani cricketers involved in spot-fixing.
Salman Butt, 27, was sentenced to 30 months in custody, Mohammad Asif, 28, got a prison term of one year while 19-year-old Mohammad Aamer was sent for six months to a correctional facility due to his young age.
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