Karachi: The hearing of Pakistan pacemen Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif against their doping bans by an appeals commission was on Wednesday adjourned till November 20.

The three-member commission, headed by Justice Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim, was forced to adjourn the hearing after Shoaib's lawyer Abid Hasan Manto said the PCB had still not provided him with certain documents without which he was unable to prepare for the case. Ebrahim told reporters in Lahore that from November 20 onwards, day-to-day hearing would be held till the case was concluded.

``Today we couldn't make much progress but we have told all parties that the appeals need to be disposed of expeditiously and they should come prepared for the next hearing,'' he said. However, Mark Gay, a London based legal consultant brought in by PCB, made a brief presentation on the case from the PCB point of view. — PTI

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