LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has warned both print and electronic media not to give space to former Test fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz, underlining any move to do so maybe a contempt of court.

“Regrettably, even after injunctive order Sarfraz Nawaz is continuing with his vitriol campaign and is levelling false allegations for which contempt of court proceedings have also been initiated. It is astonishing that despite the injunctive order, TV channels are providing airtime to Sarfraz which is tantamount to contempt of court,” a press release issued by the PCB said.

“In a Suit No.32/ 5-6-15 Najam Aziz Sethi vs Sarfraz Nawaz for damages of 100 million under defamatory ordinance 2002 is pending before the District Court, Lahore for the slanderous, false, malicious, defamatory and concocted statements/allegations levelled by Sarfraz Nawaz against Mr Najam Sethi,” the release stated.

“The learned judge on 19-6-2015 restrained Sarfraz Nawaz for levelling false, malicious and defamatory allegations against Najam Sethi in electronic and print media. Therefore, all TV channels and print media are put on notice by the PCB about the pendency of the suit, contempt proceedings and the injunctive order, any violation of which may expose the channels and newspapers to contempt of court of the learned court,” the press release concluded.

Published in Dawn February 19th, 2017