LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will meet later this month to decide on the international future of controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar.
''Shoaib is facing fitness as well as disciplinary problems that were even pointed out during the India tour last year,''PCB Chairman Nasim Ashraf said.
''He has repeatedly violated discipline on a number of occasions. His case is referred to the PCB disciplinary committee and his future will be decided in the PCB governing body meeting to be held on January 25.''
The 'Rawalpindi Express', who is battling to regain his fitness, was not included in a provisional 21-man squad for Pakistan's forthcoming ODI series against Zimbabwe.
The 32-year-old, who was dropped from Pakistan's squad for the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup following a fracas with fellow pacer Mohammad Asif, has had a chequered disciplinary record.
He was accused of displaying a lack of commitment during the tour of India last year.
