The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday issued a notice of charge to former batsman Nasir Jamshed for violation of the boards rules.

Jamshed violated Articles 2.4.6 and 2.4.7 of PCB Anti-Corruption Code. The former cricketer has been asked to respond within 14 days.

"We have charged Nasir with refusal to appear before us to answer our questions and obstructing the cause of our enquiry. That means suspension will continue and we will punish him via our disciplinary committee," said a senior PCB official.

The official added the punishment can be six months to lifetime suspension and in the near future the board will charge him on other counts too.

PCB has also referred batsman Shahzaib Hasan to the Anti-Corruption Tribunal.

The cricket board said the investigations will continue “with regard to any potential breaches of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code will carry on as PCB continues with its relentless commitment to uproot the menace of corrupt practices from the game of cricket”.

Nasir Jamshed and another man were arrested and then released on bail in Britain amid an investigation into alleged spot-fixing in the Pakistan Super League.

Jamshed was suspended in February from competing in any form of cricket.

It's not the first time Pakistan cricketers have been embroiled in corruption controversies. In 1999 Salim Malik and Ataur Rehman were banned for life following a match-fixing investigation.

In 2010 three players Mohammad Amir, Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were suspended for five years for their involvement in the bowling of deliberate no-balls at pre-determined times during a test match in England.