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LHC adjourns Shaoib Akhtar's appeal against Rs7m fine

Dunya News

Court has adjourned appeal by retired paceman Shoaib Akhtar against a record Rs 7 million fine.

The 35-year-old, who retired from international cricket after Pakistans World Cup semi-final defeat in March, had appealed against the Pakistan Cricket Boards (PCB) decision to fine him in June 2008.PCB legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi said the court had sought a detailed reply on the matter. Akhtars lawyer had pleaded that the fine imposed ended after a new PCB set-up took over in October 2008, but our stance is that there is no vacuum in the law and the fine still holds, Rizvi told a news agency.Lahore high court judge Azmat Saeed adjourned the meeting until September 27, Rizvi said.The PCB last year deducted the record fine from Akhtars dues.
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