Police said that Raza, who is now a first class umpire, and
six others were arrested at a shopping mall in the upmarket Gulberg district
during a late night raid on Saturday.
Police said the seven men were running a den that was taking
bets on the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament in India.
"One of the arrested men has been identified as Akram
Raza, a former Pakistan player," an official at the Gulberg police station
told reporters.
The 46-year-old, who played nine Tests and 49 One-Day Internationals
from 1989-95, is on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) first class umpires panel
and has supervised top matches.
Four years ago, several former players raised concerns over
the board's decision to name the former off-spinner on the first class umpires
panel.
Their fears emerged after Raza was among six players fined
by a judicial commission in 2000 for non-cooperation in an 18-month long
inquiry into match fixing allegations surrounding the Pakistan team.
Police
added that the seven men, from whom they had recovered cash, computers, mobile
phones and telephone numbers, would appear before a magistrate on Monday.
