Syed Saleem Altaf Bokhari (born 19 April 1944) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 21 Test matches and six One Day Internationals from 1967 to 1978. (wikipedia)
Obviously he is very upset and disappointed but I have told him we will continue to support him and there is still quite a bit of cricket left in him.
In the new FTP India will now tour Pakistan in 2009 and 2113 while England will visit in 2010.
According to Dr. Young, the knees are not in good shape at present and required immediate repair. The arthroscopic surgery will take place today and, at least, it will require another eight weeks before the rehabilitation process can start.
The selectors feel that these are the best possible players available for the coming series and most of them have performed well in the recent series against England.
We are confident we can get the ban lifted or reduced on the basis of the improvement we have seen in his action now.
Some houses will have one room completed; some will have two completed, but we expect almost 50 per cent of the people should have started active construction within April and the middle of May.
But people have to follow our design for constructing quake-resistant houses to get the compensation money.
He has gone to Australia to purely consult a knee specialist Dr. David Young, who has by the way, told us he'll be operating upon both knees on Tuesday to remove pieces of cartilage which are floating.
We will have to look into this and learn something from this experience with regards to our scheduling for future series. The accommodation just isn't adequate enough in these places.
The initial medical report is that he has a stress fracture in his ankle that requires a rest period of at least six weeks but it could be longer.