The development comes right after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appealed in the CAS against the reduction of a three-year ban on Akmal by an independent adjudicator.
Kamran said in the past players had been banned for short terms of three to six months and even had their fines reduced for the same offence but in Umar's case, the PCB is not even satisfied with the 18 months ban on him.
An independent adjudicator had reduced Akmal’s ban from 36 months to 18 months after the Pakistan middle-order batsman appealed the suspension's length.
In June, Danish Kaneria had appealed to the PCB to lift the life ban imposed on him in 2013. However, the PCB responded by asking him to approach the ECB to get his ban revoked.
Umar, was in April, been banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board from all forms of cricket for three years after pleading guilty to failing to report match-fixing approaches.
Kamran Akmal has come out in support of brother Umar Akmal, stating that the team management should've handled him better.
Akmal was banned for three-years on April 27 by the PCB's Disciplinary Panel, for not reporting spot fix approaches made to him during the Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches.
Akmal was banned from the sport for three years for breaching the PCB Anti-Corruption Code in two separate incidents.
PCB had banned Akmal from all forms of cricket last month after its disciplinary panel found him guilty of not reporting corrupt approaches ahead of the Pakistan Super League earlier this year.
Akmal was found guilty of two charges under the PCB Anti-Corruption Code and on April 27, he was banned from cricket activities till February 19, 2023.
Umar Akmal will now be eligible to make a return to cricket on February 19, 2023.
Zulqarnain Haider also said that the three-year ban on Umar Akmal is too lenient.
Former PCB chairman Najam Sethi has revealed that Umar Akmal suffers from epilepsy -a disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures.
The report suggests that Umar Akmal's ban could have a significant part of the three-year duration suspended.
Umar was slapped with a three-year ban from all forms of cricket by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for his failure to report corrupt approaches ahead of the Pakistan Super League.
Pakistan's discarded wicketkeeper-batsman, Kamran, expressed surprise over the outcome of the PCB hearing, held in Lahore on Monday.
Umar Akmal was handed a three-year international ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board for failing to inform corrupt approaches ahead of this year's Pakistan Super League.
Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has been banned for three years from all forms of cricket on corruption charges.
Umar Akmal is charged for two breaches of Article 2.4.4 of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code in two unrelated incidents.
Misbah said while there was no doubt about Umar's potential and talent as a batsman but he needs to reassess his priorities as a professional cricketer.
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