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• Spot-Fixing Scandal (2017): On 10 February 2017, Khalid Latif and fellow Islamabad United batsman Sharjeel Khan have been quickly suspended by the PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) underneath its Anti-Corruption Code. This motion was taken as a part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of a corporation’s involvement in corrupting the 2017 Pakistan Super League (PSL) held within the UAE. The PCB’s inquiry obtained assist from the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit. About every week after they have been despatched residence from the PSL, each gamers have been formally charged by the PCB for violating the anti-corruption code. Khalid Latif, a right-handed top-order batsman, confronted six costs, together with allegations of making an attempt to steer three different cricketers – Mohammad Irfan, Shahzaib Hasan, and Sharjeel Khan – to interact in spot-fixing actions that corrupted the 2017 PSL. It was revealed that Khalid Latif used to obtain bat grips from bookies to point that he would spot-fix. In Latif’s defence, his lawyer Badr Alam claimed that he had obtained loss of life threats, warning him that if he tried to withstand or disrupt the spot-fixing investigation, he could be buried alongside his dad and mom’ graves in Karachi. On 20 September 2017, Khalid Latif was handed a five-year ban from all types of cricket in a quick verdict introduced by a three-member PCB tribunal. He was additionally fined ₨. 1 million (roughly USD 9,489). Khalid Latif didn’t attend the announcement of the decision.
• Sentenced for threatening Geert Wilders (2023): In 2018, Khalid Latif posted during which he provided a reward of PKR 3 million (roughly EUR 21,000 on the time) for the homicide of Dutch far-right member of parliament Geert Wilders. The video was posted throughout a interval of intense protests towards Wilders in Pakistan after he organised a cartoon contest that includes depictions of Prophet Mohammad. This deeply harm the spiritual sentiments of Muslims as it’s forbidden to depict the Prophet Mohammad in Islam. On 29 August 2023, Latif needed to stand trial within the Netherlands as his statements have been interpreted as incitement to commit homicide, seditious acts, and threats. However, he refused to seem on the Schiphol Judicial Complex in Haarlemmermeer. In September 2023, the Court of The Hague sentenced Khalid Latif to 12 years in jail after he was tried in absentia, which means he didn’t take part in any stage of the trial nor was he detained within the Netherlands. As there have been no agreements between the Netherlands and Pakistan relating to authorized cooperation or the extradition of people, efforts to hunt cooperation within the case went unanswered.
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