PCB charges Umar with code breaches

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cric­ket Board (PCB) has charged Umar Akmal with two breaches of Article 2.4.4 of the Anti-Corruption Code in two unrelated incidents.

Article 2.4.4 of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code reads as failing to disclose to the PCB Vigilance and Security Department (without unnecessary delay) full details of any approaches or invitations received by the participant to engage in corrupt conduct under this Anti-Corruption Code.

A spokesman of the PCB said here Friday that Umar Akmal was issued the notice of charge on March 17, and he has 14 days (till March 31) to respond in writing to the charge.

According to Article 6.2, the range of permissible period of ineligibility for those charged and found guilty for a violation of Article 2.4.4 is a minimum of six months and a maximum of a lifetime.

Umar was provisionally suspended on February 20, 2020, he said adding that the PCB will not make any further comment pending the outcome on the case.