The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) lifted Shaoib Milk 12-month ban on ill-discipline Saturday, making the former captain obtainable for selection for the national team.
"I have decided to uphold its appeal and remove the ban, the Board has at length monitored his behavior over the past three months," PCB arbitrator and retired judge Irfan Qadir told reporters in Lahore.
Qadir said the board had noticed a marked development in Malik behavior and attitude, and half-two million rupee ($ 23.500) fine all rounder to a million.
PCB Qadir was chosen as an appeals judge, after being barred and fined seven players in March for a probe into the team's difficult tour of Australia early this year.
"I was shocked when they introduce the ban, and it was not acceptable to me. But I am glad that I've been correct now," Malik told a local news channel.
"I welcome this stigmatization of a ban has been removed from my name,"
The board imposed 12-month ban and fined Malik and all rounder Rana Naved and indefinite suspensions of former captain Younus Khan and Mohammad Yousuf.
Current skipper Shahid Afridi and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal were each fined three million rupees and Umar Akmal two million.
All players except Yousuf, who announced his retirement from international cricket, have appealed their bans and fines.
National selectors including Malik and Younus in a list of 35 likely for Asia Cup one-day competition and test tour of England with the final squads because announced June 2.
But Qadir said he would not be able to undertake Younus hearing before 05.06 subsequent a request from the player's lawyers to delay the case.
Former Test player and chief selector Abdul Qadir criticized for removing PCB Malik ban, said the board had acted too quickly.
"It's not a good sign for Pakistan cricket," Qadir said.
"Based on video recordings of the examination committee hearings, taken by the Board were appreciated," he said. But by making a U-turn apparently because of political pressure, the Board has again put Pakistan cricket in jeopardy. “
Also said the former test bowler Jalaluddine He could not appreciate when and how the board was able to monitor Malik's behavior since March.
"Most of the time he has been in either India or Dubai after his wedding, he said.
The leaked video of the probe committee showed Afridi, Yousuf and former team officials, Intikhab Alam and Abdul Malik Raquib blame for creating dissonance in the team on a trip to New Zealand and Australia.
($ 1 = 85.11 rupees) (Reporting by Waheed Khan; Editing by John O'Brien, to the search query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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