Pakistan’s eminent cricket author and a former director at country’s cricket Board, Dr Nauman Niaz has sued former express fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for one billion rupees on derogatory remarks on a television channel.
Niaz told Telecom Asia Sport he has sent a legal notice to Akhtar to publicly apologized on his remarks or face the legal proceedings for damages of one billion Pakistan rupees (around 3.56 million dollars).
Nauman has a prominent career not only as a hepatologist with education form esteemed institutions of Australia and the UK but as a director of Sports at the state-owned Pakistan Television (PTV) brining in world’s top players for various transmissions. He has also written 14 books on cricket, the prominent being a history of Pakistan cricket.
Yeh Dr. Nauman huamaray bags utatha (Dr Nauman Niaz basically used to carry our bags luggage for us in the team.
Akhtar and Dr Nauman has a history of clashes, the first being a spat on PTV transmission of the World Cup. As anchor of the show, Niaz had a verbal clash with Akhtar who was a guest analyst. Niaz asked Akhtar to leave the show which he did. After an intervention from a government official the two settled the issue.
Known for his strong principles, Dr Nauman has faced the wrath of government officials and has been on the sidelines in PTV. He also hosts a popular show “Caught Behind” with former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif on Youtube.
I have received a legally defective, unfounded, ego satisfying and utterly frivolous defamation notice from Nauman Niaz. I have hired prominent lawyer Salman Niazi and will give a befitting reply.
Akhtar was hired by PTV during the Champions Trophy for a whooping sum of ten million rupees for every episode, a figure which was criticized on social media.
