PCB 'left disappointed' with Zulqarnain's response to show-cause letter

 The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) believes that runaway former wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider has written nothing new in his response to the show-cause letter.The now retired wicketkeeper, who had stunned one and all by fleeing the team hotel in Dubai hours before the final one-day international against South Africa last year, returned to Pakistan from a self-imposed exile in the United Kingdom last month.The PCB has received a response from Zulqarnain to a show-cause letter issued by it to the player on December 6, 2010, weeks after he fled to Britain from the UAE, a PCB spokesman told ‘The News’.PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said that a three-man disciplinary committee- headed by Domestic Cricket Director Sultan Rana- will now look into the case.Wasim Ahmed, the security manager of the Pakistan team, and Khawaja Muhammad Awais are the other members of the committee. Waseem was Pakistan’s security manager when Zulqarnain disappeared from the team hotel in Dubai.Pakistan’s team manager Intikhab Alam is also expected to play an important role in the proceedings, which will most likely decide Zulqarnain’s future as an international cricketer.But the committee will only begin its proceedings early in June, when Pakistan’s cricket team, which is currently in the Caribbean, will return home from Ireland after playing in a brief limited-overs series there.“The committee will start its proceedings as soon as all concerned persons are available in Pakistan, which will be soon after the return of the Pakistan team players and officials from the tour of Ireland,” said Sarwar.Meanwhile, well-placed sources told the newspaper that the Board believes that Zulqarnain has written nothing new in his response to the letter of explanation.“He (Zulqarnain) has just repeated what he has been saying since deserting his team last November,” said a source.“The board was expecting that Zulqarnain will come out with some new arguments to defend his conduct but was left disappointed with his response,” the source added.