Islamabad - The Pakistan Cricket Board has allowed Shoaib Malik to represent Lancashire in next month's English ICC Twenty20 competition.
Malik received the necessary No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the board, PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said on Tuesday.
Malik was banned and fined $23 500 as one of seven players punished by the PCB for ill discipline, ball tampering or poor performance during Pakistan's tour of Australia this year.
Malik, who married Indian tennis star Sania Mirza last month, has filed an appeal against the suspension and fine with the PCB arbitrator Irfan Qadir. The next hearing is due on May 15.