Shaheen Shah Afridi underwent knee treatment at his own expense, while the Pakistan Cricket Board swiftly sanctioned lakhs of rupees for the treatment of Saqlain Mushtaq’s knee.
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Karachi. Pakistan Cricket Board President Rameez Raja has opened the board’s vault for his friend and former teammate Saqlain Mushtaq and has approved Rs 10 lakh for his knee treatment. With this, the other face of the Pakistan Board has also come to the fore. In fact, just a few days ago, Pakistan’s star fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi had his knee surgery done in London at his own expense. Former Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi had revealed that Shaheen stayed in a London hotel at his own expense. Met the doctor himself and took care of the rest.
Rameez Raja came on target
After this revelation of Afridi, Pakistan was insulted all over the world. Now Rameez Raja has come under attack with the decision to immediately release the amount for Mushtaq, the head coach of the Pakistan team. According to the news of Daily Jung, the PCB chairman has decided to release this amount immediately. Mushtaq has been suffering from a knee problem for some time and the national team doctor Najeeb Somro had requested him to give Rs 10 lakh for the treatment. When the Pakistan team was on the Netherlands tour for the ODI series, this amount was demanded. There too he had to undergo some treatment.
The board showed speed for Mushtaq
According to a source, there was a spurt in releasing the amount for the treatment of Saqlain Mushtaq. While the PCB usually provides medical facilities to its contracted players and staff, the amount is released only after the entire process, but in Mushtaq’s case it happened very fast. Saqlain Mushtaq’s career, who took a total of 496 wickets in 49 Tests and 169 One Day Internationals, was also almost over due to a knee injury. Shaheen Shah Afridi was ruled out of the Asia Cup due to a knee injury. He suffered the injury during the Test match against Sri Lanka in July. The Pakistan Board was also accused of negligence regarding his injury.
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