LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has requested its Anti-corruption Tribunal to stop hearing of Sharjeel Khan’s spot-fixing case until it receives further evidence from the England National Crime Agency.

The tribunal will take a decision on the request on Friday.

However, cases of Khalid Latif, Shahzaib Hasan and Nasir Jamshed, which are not being run on day-to-day basis, will proceed according to their respective schedules.

PCB’s lawyer told reporters on Wednesday that the National Crime Agency of England had contacted the PCB and said it wanted to share more information with the PCB which it had gathered after thorough investigation.

“After this development, we requested the tribunal that we were withdrawing our request of Sharjeel Khan’s and Khalid Latif’s production as witnesses," he said.

“However, we can forward the same request again if any need arises,” he added.

Sharjeel’s counsel commented on the development by saying the PCB was using delaying tactics by making a request one day and withdrawing it the next day.

It is learnt that the Crime Agency in England has completed its investigation and it will soon decide either in favour of or against Nasir Jamshed.

If it decides to drop charges against Nasir, the situation will be difficult for the PCB.

Published in Dawn, June 8th, 2017