Dawood’s daughter Mahrukh is married to Miandad’s son Junaid.

“Miandad’s connection with Dawood goes back a long way. But Dawood has connections, albeit tenuous, with Pakistan cricket on more than one level, and in this climate of political intrigue and distrust, even a tenuous and innocent connection can be a problem.

“Specifically, he has close connections with Javed Miandad,” the paper said.