Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has backed the appointment of former Pakistani captain and legendary cricketer Wasim Akram in the newly-formed special cricket committee. The Cricket Board clarified that the Justice Qayyum commission report did not prevent the former cricketer from working towards the betterment of Pakistan cricket. In the aftermath of the match-fixing allegations, former chief justice of the Lahore High Court, Justice Qayyum had submitted a report in the year 2000. It was termed as the most comprehensive report into corruption in