According to the 'Jang' newspaper, the members of the national team have not been paid their match fees, central contract retainers and other dues for the series against Bangladesh, England and the Asia Cup.
The newspaper quoted sources close to the national team as saying that some of the players were getting concerned about the long delay in clearance of their payments by the Pakistan Cricket Board.
"The dues include the match fees and other payments of the series against Bangladesh, England and the Asia Cup while the central contracts given to players last year also expired on December 31 and for the last four months the players have also not got their central contract monthly retainers," one source said.
PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said while it was correct that players had not been paid some dues for the last few months but it was not an unusual situation.
"Payments for different series usually take two to three months for clearance. And the players will get their central contract retainer payments from January 1, 2012 whenever the board announces the new list of centrally contracted players," Sarwar said.
Interestingly, the Pakistani players have been subjected to long delays in clearance of their dues since the tenure of former Chairman Ijaz Butt, who made it clear that due to the refusal of international teams to tour Pakistan because of security concerns, the PCB's financial position was a difficult one. MORE PTI Cor PM
