Update on Shoaib Malik travel plans - Press Release issued by Pakistan Cricket Board.

Lahore -- June 20, 2020 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)

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The Pakistan Cricket Board has given special dispensation to Shoaib Malik by allowing him to join the men's national cricket team in England on 24 July after spending time with his immediate family, whom he has not seen for nearly five months.

Shoaib's wife, Sania Mirza, and one-year-old son, Izhaan Mirza Malik, have been in India, while Shoaib has been in Sialkot since the imposition of international travel ban due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Prior to the travel ban, Shoaib was involved for Peshawar Zalmi in the HBL Pakistan Super League, which commenced on 20 February before it was suspended on 17 March.

PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan: "Unlike the rest of us, Shoaib Malik has not seen his immediate family for nearly five months due to his commitments and the subsequent international travel bans following the Covid-19 pandemic. As travel restrictions are now slowly easing out and there is an opportunity for a family reunion, it is appropriate that at a human level we show compassion as part of our duty of care and respect Shoaib's request.

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