Anti-doping panel recommends four years ban on Pakistani shooter Shehzad Akhtar

KARACHI: A national anti-doping panel has recommended imposing a ban of four years on Pakistani shooter, Muhammad Shehzad Akhtar, a bronze medalist in Islamic Solidarity Games, after his dope tests were found positive.

The three member anti-doping panel, comprising Javaid Lodhi, Rizwan ul Haq and M. Muneeb Mukhtar, was constituted after Shehzad’s dope test was found positive for P2 Beta-blockers/propranolol and its metabolite hydroxyl-propranolol during the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2017.

According to a statement released on Tuesday, the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation delegated powers of result management to anti-doping-organisation of Pakistan. The test results were available after the conclusion of games, where Shehzad Akhtar had won a Bronze medal in the Pistol Shooting competition.

The panel, after hearing the case, has recommended imposing a four year ban on the shooter and that his medal to be stripped off.