The commission, Justice Malik Muhammad Qayyum, directed the FIA and the Punjab Inspector-General police to produce a former National Bank of Pakistan employee, Saleem Parvez, in the court on Saturday.

It said that the employee's statement had become necessary in light of the evidence produced so far before the commission.

The others who recorded their statement in camera till now include Basit Ali, Rashid Latif and Ataur Rehman. During the course of proceedings on another day, the commission remarked that Basit's statement if published could create an alarm in the country.

Ataur Rehman on his first appearance before the commission recorded his statement in open court and in it denied having given any affidavit to the effect that he was offered bribe for bowling badly in a match in New Zealand.

The commission discontinued the recording of the statement when it felt that the bowler was lying and gave him a few days to reconsider his stance. Ataur Rehman on the next date of hearing recorded his statement in camera and that it would make headlines in the newspapers.

During the day, an alleged bookie, Raja Zafar Iqbal alias Jo Jo, was allowed time for filing a reply to a show cause notice for allegedly giving a wrong statement in the court. He said that his brother did not indulge in betting while the latter admitted doing so in his statement made earlier.

Advocate Kazim Khan representing Mr Raja requested for time to file a reply and it was granted.The commission recorded the statement of a person, Abdul Ghafoor, who operated Carry Home restaurant for 35 years till 1994. It was stated by a witnesses that he made bets at the reception of the restaurant's counter.

The owner of the restaurant who operates it presently denied knowledge of any such activity in his hotel. Mr Ghafoor said that he used to be a bookmaker at the Race Course Club but he never indulged in betting on cricket matches.