An official of the board said: “The PCB has initiated action against Afridi in response to the breaches he has committed under the Central Contract signed with the PCB. He said: “By announcing his retirement in the manner that he breached Clause 2.1.4 of the Central Contract dealing with Covenants of the Cricketer. “In passing disparaging remarks about the board and its officials, Afridi breached Clause 4.4 dealing with media,” he said. He further stated that disciplinary actions have been initiated against Shahid Afridi.
“A show cause notice has been issued to him seeking his explanation on these comments. Afridi has been asked to respond to the letter within 7 days of receipt of the same. “His Central Contract has been suspended with immediate effect. Consequently, all NOCs granted to him have been revoked. “And all payments on account of Central Contract have been suspended,” he maintained. The PCB chairman has reacted cautiously to Afridi’s retirement decision. Chairman Ijaz Butt said that Afridi’s announcement that he didn’t want to play under the current board is his personal choice. “It is his personal decision to retire. But we have not dropped him, neither did we tell him not to play,” Butt said. Butt said he would not like to comment in detail on the issue until the team returned home and he had discussions with the team management. “Let the team return and then we will elaborate on lot of things,” he said.
But the PCB chief clarified that the board had selected Afridi to play in the Ireland series and it was the all-rounder’s decision to opt out of the series because of the illness of his father . Butt said if Afridi had decided to retire
