Lahore: Faqir Muhammad Khokhar, former Supreme Court judge Justice (retd), on Sunday was appointed as an independent adjudicator to hear Umar Akmal's appeal against the three-year ban for breaching the PCB Anti-Corruption Code in two separate incidents.
"The independent adjudicator will now decide on the date of the appeal hearing. As soon as this is confirmed, the PCB will make the announcement," the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement.
On May 19, Akmal filed an appeal against the three-year ban imposed on him, seeking a reduction in the duration of the sanction. Akmal was banned from all representative cricket on corruption charges by the PCB's Disciplinary Panel.
