PCB chief executive Wasim Khan said on Wednesday that the primary reason for proposing Rawalpindi was that pitches in Lahore and Karachi “have been diluted” through overuse.
PCB Chief Executive Officer Wasim Khan said that the Board was keen to have the second match as Day/Night Test and it was awaiting a response from Bangladesh.
Younis Khan also said that he has never asked money from the board as "it has never been an issue".
PCB revised its policy for awarding NOC's to centrally contracted players for foreign T20 leagues during a meeting of the Board of Governors held in Peshawar.
Hafeez, who made a comeback to the national side, said the PCB needs to fill the communication gap with senior players.
PCB chief executive Wasim Khan has dismissed reports that Pakistan has given up its hosting rights of the T20 Asia Cup.
India skipper Virat Kohli, legendary Sachin Tendulkar and Australian greats Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh have all advised against tinkering with the traditional format.
Shah had been withdrawn from the World Cup scheduled to be played in South Africa from January 17 to February 9.
The 39-year-old Kaneria, indicted in a spot-fixing case while playing county cricket in 2012, alleged that the bookmaker was known to the Pakistan Cricket Board officials.
The 39-year-old, however, also said that the citizens of Pakistan didn't ever show any sort of discrimination against him for being a Hindu in a Muslim dominated nation.
Akhtar sparked a furore when he said that Kaneria was humiliated by some players because he was a Hindu, was not given due credit and some even refused to eat food with him because of his faith.
The two matches between the Asian XI and World XI are scheduled to be held on March 18 and 21 in Dhaka as part of celebrations to commemorate the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahaman, Bangladesh's father of nation.
Pakistan has also invited Ireland and Afghanistan to send their teams to Pakistan next year to play white ball and red ball series but are still awaiting confirmations.
Ashraf and Shinwari had recently signed up for the upcoming season of the Big Bash League (BBL).
Three months back, the Cricket Committee had recommended the sacking of foreign head coach Mickey Arthur and the national team's bowling and batting coaches after Pakistan failed to reach the semifinals of the World Cup.
In the Green Brigade's recent concluded Test series against Australia, Naseem Shah, 16, made his debut for the senior team before he was selected into the Pakistan U-19 team for the Youth World Cup last week.
The series if confirmed is likely to be held after the Pakistan Super League in the last week of March.
The PCB is also trying to convince Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to visit Pakistan in December and January to play the ICC World Test Championship matches.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has revoked no-objection certificates (NOCs) given to its players to feature in the Abu Dhabi T10 league.
Mohammad Hafeez criticised the board after a video of former Pakistan domestic cricketer Fazal Subhan driving a pick-up van went viral on social media last week.
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