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Banned Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akthar smiles as he listens to Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Nasim Ashraf during a briefing to the members of the senate standing committee for sport at parliament in Islamabad on April 14, 2008 on the issue of fast bowler Shoaib Akthar who was banned for five years. Akthar was banned after a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) disciplinary hearing. He was charged with violating the players’ code of conduct by publicly criticising the board. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)