Shoaib Akhtar, the former Pakistan pace spearhead has reacted to the defamation notice filed by Tafazzul Rizvi, PCB’s legal counsel.
Akhtar called it, “legally defective, merit-less and misconceived”. He has also asked for an apology from Rizvi for attempting to “publicly humiliate, degrade, defame and ridicule” him.
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He added that, “Whatever I said on my channel was for the betterment of Pakistan cricket and to point out to the board where it needed to put things right. Whatever I said about Rizvi was based on my personal interaction with him.”
In a tweet, Akhtar said, “My comments about PCB & Mr. Rizvi are an expression of opinion given in public interest to point out shortcomings in PCB with hope for improvement.”
Rizvi had served Akhtar with a defamation notice after Akhtar on his YouTube channel had called the former “inept” while condemning the three-year ban imposed on Umar Akmal. The axed Test batsman was punished for not reporting corrupt approaches.
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The legal counsel has asked for an unconditional apology and recompense of PKR 10 million to be donated to a charity. Akhtar has refused to do so and said he will fight the case.
Meanwhile, the PCB has issued a statement on the video and rebuked him but they have also stated that Rizvi had served the notice in his personal capacity.
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