LAHORE (Pakistan): Former Supreme Court judge Justice (retd) Faqir Muhammad Khokhar in his capacity as an independent adjudicator will hear Umar Akmal’s appeal on July 13 at the National High Performance Centre.
Notices for the hearing have been issued to Akmal and the PCB.
The hearing was previously scheduled for 11 June but had to be postponed due to the Covid-19-enforced lockdowns in the city.
On April 27, the Chairman of the Disciplinary Panel, Justice (retid) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan, had banned Akmal for three years after finding him guilty of breaching Article 2.4.4 of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code in two separate incidents.
The PCB will make no comment on the matter until Justice Khokhar has announced his decision.
On 9 April, the PCB referred the matter to Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee after determining that the batsman had not requested for a hearing before the Anti-Corruption Tribunal.
The 30-year-old who has played 200 internationals across three formats of the game since 2009, was charged last month with two unrelated breaches of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Anti-Corruption Code.
The clause under which Akmal was found guilty relates to a failure to inform authorities about approaches to engage in corrupt practices, including match-fixing or spot-fixing.
