PCB’s legal advisor initiates criminal proceedings against Shoaib Akhtar

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has strongly reacted to Shoaib Akhtar’s public comments about its legal advisor.

In a statement on Wednesday, PCB said that it was disappointed with Shoaib Akhtar’s poor choice of words while publically commenting about the PCB’s legal department and its legal advisor.

The language used by Shoaib Akhtar was highly inappropriate and disrespectful, and cannot be condoned in any civilised society, it said.

The PCB’s legal advisor, Mr Taffazul Rizvi, in his own discretion, has initiated defamation and criminal proceedings against Shoaib Akhtar, while the PCB too reserves its rights.”