Tribunal to decide Shoaib’s case on daily hearing
Bureau Report

LAHORE—Pakistan Cricket Board’s three-member Appellate Tribunal headed by former Judge of Lahore High Court, Aftab Farrukh has given seven days time to Shoaib Akhtar for adding any point to his appeal after getting necessary documents from the Board.
“Shoaib submitted to the tribunal that he needs some documents from PCB to add any point in his appeal and we have given him seven days time till April 21 to complete this formality and then we will be having the second hearing on April 26 “,said the former judge after the first hearing of the appeal filed by the express bowler Shoaib on a five year ban imposed on him by the PCB for breach of code of conduct for issuing statements against the Board and its chairman.
“We will decide this case purely on merit after going through view points of both the parties”, he added. The tribunal also having the services of Salman Taseer, an Entrepreneur and former Federal Minister and Haseeb Ahsan a former test Cricketer heard Shoaib for around 40 minutes.
He said Shoaib’s lawyer Abid Hasan Minto submitted that he needs time to add get some documents from PCB in his appeal and the tribunal granted seven day time frame to meet the requirement. The former judge refused to give exact time frame in which the case will be decided saying the tribunal will be thoroughly looking into the matter by hearing point of view of both the parties.
“I cannot say that how much time is required to decide the issue but we will be hearing the case on day to day basis from the next hearing”, he added.
He said the decision of majority of the tribunal , two members, will be considered as the final decision.
“ Obviously counsel from both sides need time to deliberate their point of view and we will be giving them ample time to complete their arguments before reaching a decision “,he said adding “ The tribunal does not see delaying tactics from both the parties to linger on the issue”.