Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who has not played for Pakistan since December, has been named in a 15-man squad for next month's Champions Trophy.

"Shoaib has been picked after doctors cleared his fitness," Pakistan Cricket Board chief operating officer Shafqat Naghmi said.

Last month, the PCB left the paceman out of a Pakistan training camp over an unpaid fine after he had been chosen in a preliminary squad for the tournament.

Shoaib had been asked to pay a fine of seven million Pak

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