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Appeals process on, CAS tells Akhtar

Karachi: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has told Pakistan fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif that the appeals process moved by the World Anti-Doping Agency against their exoneration of a drug offence is on.

The two players were contacted in South Africa and told about the appeals process held by CAS.

The CAS has already asked the Pakistan Cricket Board to submit a detailed reply to the points raised by WADA against the lifting of the bans on the two players by an appeals panel of the Board in December.

Sources said the CAS had conveyed to the players how the appeals process would continue but a PCB official, when contacted, denied any knowledge of this development.

``I don't know about this. But the PCB stance remains very clear — the players have been cleared of doping charges after a proper appeals process and are available for selection and the matter is closed for us,'' Ehsan Malik, PCB's Director (Communications), said.

``As far as the CAS process is concerned, we have challenged the authority and jurisdiction of WADA in this matter since the dope tests were conducted by us out-of-competition,'' Malik said.

An ICC spokesman said the world governing body wanted a swift conclusion to the matter. PTI

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