LAHORE: Former speedster Shoaib Akhtar on Friday said that he stood by his remarks about the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) legal advisor and would send a ‘befitting legal reply’ to his defamation notice. PCB’s Tafazzul Rizvi had served a legal notice on the former Test cricketer for what he called using disparaging remarks against him on TV channels and social media. In his notice served, the PCB advisor has demanded Rs100 million compensation besides retracting the statement. “I have received a notice from Rizvi which is based on lies and fabrications,” Akhtar said, adding: “I stand by my words regarding incompetence and unsatisfactory performance of Mr. Rizvi.” Akhtar has also thanked legendary batsman Younus Khan for supporting his claims about the PCB’s legal advisor Rizvi. Akhtar, while speaking on a local news channel and his YouTube channel on Tuesday, had accused Rizvi of having a personal agenda against Pakistan cricketers, after the board announced a three-year ban on middle-order batsman Akmal. Speaking on the issue, the 2009 T20 World Cup winning Pakistan captain, Younus, had asked the PCB to honestly evaluate Akhtar’s remarks. “What a befitting and bitter truth spoken by Shoaib Akhtar! It takes a backbone to be simply uncompromisingly forthright. Time for the PCB to honestly evaluate his remarks for the betterment of Pakistan Cricket and its players. I stand by with #ShoaibAkhtar,” said Younis in a tweet. Quoting the aforementioned tweet, Akhtar said: “Thank you Younus Khan for further substantiating my claim.” The 44-year-old, Akhtar, featured in 46 Tests and 163 ODIs for Pakistan, in which he bagged 178 and 247 wickets respectively. He also took 19 T20I wickets in 15 appearances.