PTV withdraws 100 million defamation discover towards Shoaib Akhtar

Two weeks after the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) despatched a PKR 100 million defamation discover to former cricketer Shoaib Akhtar, it has withdrawn the case on Thursday (November 25). The improvement got here after the 2 events ‘reconciled their differences’ amicably.
While talking concerning the case, a PTV lawyer knowledgeable that the Corporation had determined to not pursue the case any additional. The matter was disposed of by a civil court docket in Lahore. Earlier, the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) had accused Akhtar of wrongdoing and inflicting big monetary loss to the corporate.
“(Your) conduct towards official requirements according to the binding clauses of referred agreement has not only been observed as casual, but a total violation of the agreement,” the broadcaster had despatched the PKR 100 million defamation discover to the cricketer on November 8 this 12 months for resigning on-air with out a prior 3-month discover interval.
The Background of the defamation discover towards Shoaib Akhtar
On October 26, Akhtar walked out of a dwell sports activities programme broadcast on PTV after the host Nauman Niaz requested him to go away on account of being ‘over smart and rude’. The incident passed off in the course of the post-match evaluation, following the fierce encounter between Pakistan and New Zealand.
Akhtar was requested by the programme host about Pakistan’s chase in a match. The former bowler, nonetheless, ignored the query and determined to speak about one other pacer.  Rattled by Akhtar’s behaviour, Niaz had mentioned, “You are being a little rude so I don’t want to say this but if you’re being over-smart then you can go. I am saying this on air.” Miffed by the remedy meted out to him, Shoaib Akhtar resigned from the PTV as a cricket analyst.
Apart from the damages, PTV had requested the previous quick bowler to pay an quantity of Rs 33,33,000, which was equal to a three-month wage, to the organisation. Reportedly, PTV additionally reserved its rights to provoke ‘authorized proceedings” towards Akhtar. Later, Niaz in an interview on a YouTube channel had candidly confessed to his mistake. and apologised for his behaviour.