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3-man tribunal to look into
Shoaib’s appeal
Lahore—The Pakistan Cricket Board has constituted a three-man
appellate tribunal to look into Shoaib Akhtar’s appeal against the
five-year ban he was handed by the board last week.
As is the norm, the tribunal is headed by a retired justice, Aftab
Farrukh, who is a former judge of the Lahore High Court. The panel
also includes former Test cricketer Haseeb Ahsan and Salman Taseer,
an entrepreneur and former government minister. Proceedings on the
matter will begin with immediate effect. Coincidentally, Ahsan was
also a member of the last appellate tribunal which Shoaib had to
face. Then, in November 2006, the tribunal had overturned a two-year
ban on Shoaib and Mohammad Asif after the pair tested positive for
steroids
“The proceedings will begin as early as tomorrow,” Mansoor Suhael,
PCB spokesman said. “There is no timeframe on the tribunal and it
will take its natural course.”
Shoaib was handed the ban for a disciplinary breach of the players’
code of conduct, having publicly criticised various board policies
after he was overlooked for a central contract in January. The
board’s disciplinary committee took into account various past
transgressions when handing him the ban, one which effectively ends
his career and which has subsequently come in for widespread
criticism.
The matter has since escalated in to a very public war of words
between Shoaib and Nasim Ashraf, chairman of the PCB.—Agencies
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