PCB to reply to Govt formula on Sohail today (5 May 1997)

05 May 1997

PCP to reply to Govt formula on Sohail today

By Ilyas Beg

LAHORE, May 4: A high-level meeting to solve the problem of a two-year ban on Test cricketer Aamir Sohail was held at a local hotel on Sunday evening.

Shortly after an hour-long meeting, Adviser to Prime Minister on Sports, Syed Mushahid Hussain, told newsmen that a compromise formula has been given by him and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will give its reply on Monday.

Mushahid Hussain drove to the hotel in the afternoon, leaving the second match of the kabaddi tournament inconclusive (which he had gone to inaugurate), and conducted the meeting. He met the PCB chairman Syed Zulfiqar Ali Bokhari and the star opener Aamir Sohail separately for some time. Later, he held a combined meeting with the cricketer and the PCB boss in which Federal Secretary for Sports Dr Akhtar Hassan was also present.

The Adviser said that so much had appeared about "Aamir Sohail episode" in the national newspapers that his ministry decided to "act" in the larger interest of the game of cricket and Pakistan.

Syed Mushahid Hussain hoped that the PCB will respond favourably to the compromise formula.

Source:: Dawn (https://xiber.com/dawn/)