Karachi, Mar 3 Unfazed by the Pakistan Cricket Board's decision of denying him a central contract, mercurial pacer Shoaib Akhtar once again hit out at PCB officials, saying they were oblivious to the problems faced by players.

Shoaib lashed out at the Board for being "unfair" in its treatment of players like Danish Kaneria, Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq.

"All these are great players who have given a lot of services to the nation and yet the board has not realised this and has treated them unfairly," Shoaib said in an interview to Geo TV.

"It is sad that some people in the board who sit in air-conditioned rooms are making decisions on cricketers who earn their place in the team after much hard work and sacrifices," he stated.

The board's selection committee had dropped all-rounder, Razzaq for the Twenty20 World Cup last year after which he joined the Indian Cricket League. Since then it has refused to talk to him.

In Afridi's case he was overlooked for Pakistan's captaincy, while the board has also issued a notice to Kaneria for a statement against the central contracts in which he has been demoted.

Shoaib maintained he will not sign any special retainership with the board as playing for his country was above everything for him.

"I don't need any contracts to play for my country. I will even gladly do it without earning any money," he said.

He also hit out at critics questioning his future plans in Bollywood insisting he had signed no film as yet but even if he did he didn't need anyone's permission to do so. (Agencies)