<p>"He was a member of the Pakistan team and he harbored a grudge against the then captain (Butt) and blew a whistle on the relationship between the players and Mazhar my brother," Azhar told Geo News in London.<br /><br />"This player who is not well-educated set the (New of the World) journalist, Mazhar Mahmood on the track for the spot-fixing story," he added.<br /><br />Azhar's brother, Mazhar who acted as an agent for Butt, Asif and Amir was jailed for 32 months by a British crown court on Thursday for his role in the scandal.<br />The three Pakistani players got different jail terms as well from the court.<br /><br />Azhar made it clear that while he knew and represented several leading Pakistani players including Saqlain Mushtaq, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Asif, and Mushtaq Ahmed but he never knew what his brother was involved in.<br /><br />Azhar added that Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) believed he was Mazhar's business partner, which was not true at all. <br /><br />"It is disappointing what Mazhar did, it is deplorable and was wrong because both of us love cricket and are very passionate about it and Pakistan cricket in particular," Azhar said.<br /><br />Interestingly, a top lawyer, who represented Test discard Yasir Hameed in his case against the 'News of the World', has also revealed how the newspaper informed him in writing that it was a Pakistani player who had tipped them off about the shady dealings of Mazhar, Butt, Asif and Amir.<br /><br />"I have it in writing and the NOW has named the player but for obvious reasons I can't name him. But yes they also confirmed it was an insider who did the job. Definitely I believe there is more to come out of this case and more culprits need to be held accountable for their actions of damaging Pakistan cricket," lawyer Umar Khayyam said.<br /><br />Khayyam managed to win the case against the now defunct NOW, which later apologised to Yasir for running a set up interview with him during last year's tour to England.<br /><br />The video interview about which Yasir had no idea was also set up by Mazhar Mahmood the undercover reporter.<br /><br />Azhar Majeed confirmed that the player who blew the whistle was angry with his captain over some issue and had even appeared in a commercial in 2006 which was arranged by Mazhar Mahmood.</p>
<p>"He was a member of the Pakistan team and he harbored a grudge against the then captain (Butt) and blew a whistle on the relationship between the players and Mazhar my brother," Azhar told Geo News in London.<br /><br />"This player who is not well-educated set the (New of the World) journalist, Mazhar Mahmood on the track for the spot-fixing story," he added.<br /><br />Azhar's brother, Mazhar who acted as an agent for Butt, Asif and Amir was jailed for 32 months by a British crown court on Thursday for his role in the scandal.<br />The three Pakistani players got different jail terms as well from the court.<br /><br />Azhar made it clear that while he knew and represented several leading Pakistani players including Saqlain Mushtaq, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Asif, and Mushtaq Ahmed but he never knew what his brother was involved in.<br /><br />Azhar added that Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) believed he was Mazhar's business partner, which was not true at all. <br /><br />"It is disappointing what Mazhar did, it is deplorable and was wrong because both of us love cricket and are very passionate about it and Pakistan cricket in particular," Azhar said.<br /><br />Interestingly, a top lawyer, who represented Test discard Yasir Hameed in his case against the 'News of the World', has also revealed how the newspaper informed him in writing that it was a Pakistani player who had tipped them off about the shady dealings of Mazhar, Butt, Asif and Amir.<br /><br />"I have it in writing and the NOW has named the player but for obvious reasons I can't name him. But yes they also confirmed it was an insider who did the job. Definitely I believe there is more to come out of this case and more culprits need to be held accountable for their actions of damaging Pakistan cricket," lawyer Umar Khayyam said.<br /><br />Khayyam managed to win the case against the now defunct NOW, which later apologised to Yasir for running a set up interview with him during last year's tour to England.<br /><br />The video interview about which Yasir had no idea was also set up by Mazhar Mahmood the undercover reporter.<br /><br />Azhar Majeed confirmed that the player who blew the whistle was angry with his captain over some issue and had even appeared in a commercial in 2006 which was arranged by Mazhar Mahmood.</p>