PCB Refers Umar Akmal Matter To Disciplinary Panel Chairman

After determining that Umar Akmal has not requested for a hearing before the Anti-Corruption Tribunal, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has referred the matter to the chairman of the Disciplinary Panel, Justice (retd) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan, former Lahore High Court Judge

LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Apr, 2020 ):After determining that Umar Akmal has not requested for a hearing before the Anti-Corruption Tribunal, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has referred the matter to the chairman of the Disciplinary Panel, Justice (retd) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan, former Lahore High Court Judge.

The PCB made the determination after examining the contents of Umar Akmal's reply in which no written request for a hearing before the Anti-Corruption Tribunal had been made for the purposes of contesting liability or level of sanction or both as per Article 4.

6.6 of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code.

"In accordance with the Article 4.8.1 of the Code, the Chairman of the Disciplinary Panel, shall now issue a public decision confirming the offences under the Code specified in the Notice of Charge and imposing applicable sanctions", said a spokesman for the PCB here on Thursday.

Until the Chairman of the Disciplinary Panel has announced his decision, the PCB will not comment on the matter, he added.