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The Pakistan Cricket Board and former captain Shahid Afridi appear on course on Tuesday for an out-of-court settlement after the suspended star met with the chairman.
Afridi went to Court after the PCB punish him for supposedly breach a code of conduct by announce his departure after he was deserted as one-day captain, and for leveling allegation against the Board.
It suspended his central contract and revokes all his no-objection certificates (NOCs), in effect permission slips to play abroad.
The PCB long-established that chairman Ijaz Butt and Afridi met in Islamabad. "At this stage the PCB will not make any further comments on the deliberations that have been taking place," it said.
One source privy to the meeting said administration officials had stepped in to arrange the talks and Afridi had agreed to withdraw his case, a second investigation of which is due on Thursday.
"Afridi met Butt in Islamabad for an hour," the source told AFP on situation of secrecy.
He added: "Afridi has promised to withdraw his case but is possible to appear before the punitive committee soon and as a result his NOCs will be revived."
Afridi was replace as one-day captain after publicly accusing Coach Waqar Younis of undue interfering in the selection process for the team's one-day series in the West Indies in April-May.
The PCB directed Afridi to come into view before a corrective committee on June 8, but Afridi went to Court last week, asking for his NOCs to be revived.
The Court adjourns the disciplinary committee, asking the PCB to file a detailed reply in court on June 16, but uphold the decision to revoke his NOCs.
As a result, Afridi has been barred from playing for Hampshire in the ongoing Twenty20 league in England and his contribution in next month's opening Sri Lankan Premier League is under threat.
Mud-slinging between the PCB and the cricket star has heaped discomfiture on the national sport just as a World Cup semi-final place in March oblique at a brighter future for the game which has been dogged by spot-fixing scandals.
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