ISLAMABAD – Khalid Mahmood, a senior Pakistani umpire, is facingdisciplinary action after he skipped a match during the ongoing PakistanCup and took a cricket team to Malaysia.

According to reports, Mahmood skipped a match during the ongoing PakistanCup taking place in Faisalabad and took the team to Malaysia withoutinforming the board. He had earlier claimed that he was too busy to umpirethe game and had instead taken a local team to Kuala Lumpur.

Due to this, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was short an umpire duringthe tournament, which is against the rules of the central contract thatprohibit any umpire from skipping any domestic event especially without theapproval of the board.

The board will launch an inquiry into the case against Mahmood and adecision will be given once the inquiry is complete.

Khalid is considered one of Pakistan’s top umpires who has overseen notonly matches in the Pakistan Super League and the Bangladesh PremierLeague, but he has also had umpired several international matches as well.