<p align="justify" class="title">Pakistan has kicked off a legal battle against India for not honouring a bilateral cricket series agreement, the sport's governing body confirmed Thursday.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is seeking $70 million in compensation from the Board of Control for Cricket in India after the country failed to attend two series in 2014 and 2015 as part of a memorandum of understanding signed between the two boards.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The International Cricket Council confirmed receiving the notice.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"The ICC has received a Notice of Dispute from the PCB's lawyers, which will be forwarded to the Chairman of the Dispute Resolutions Committee next week," a spokesman for the ICC said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The ICC Dispute Resolution Committee is headed by Michael Beloff QC who will appoint independent adjudicators to hear the case.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The PCB sent a legal notice to their counterparts earlier this year but Indian officials rejected the memorandum as "a piece of paper".</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The arch-rivals have not played a full bilateral series since 2007.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">New Delhi halted all bilateral sports with Pakistan in the wake of 2008 Mumbai attacks, which India blamed on militants based in Pakistan.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Those attacks, which killed more than 160 people, nearly brought nuclear-armed arch-enemies India and Pakistan to the brink of war.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The two planned series between India and Pakistan were due to take place at a neutral venue.</p>
<p align="justify" class="title">Pakistan has kicked off a legal battle against India for not honouring a bilateral cricket series agreement, the sport's governing body confirmed Thursday.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is seeking $70 million in compensation from the Board of Control for Cricket in India after the country failed to attend two series in 2014 and 2015 as part of a memorandum of understanding signed between the two boards.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The International Cricket Council confirmed receiving the notice.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"The ICC has received a Notice of Dispute from the PCB's lawyers, which will be forwarded to the Chairman of the Dispute Resolutions Committee next week," a spokesman for the ICC said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The ICC Dispute Resolution Committee is headed by Michael Beloff QC who will appoint independent adjudicators to hear the case.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The PCB sent a legal notice to their counterparts earlier this year but Indian officials rejected the memorandum as "a piece of paper".</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The arch-rivals have not played a full bilateral series since 2007.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">New Delhi halted all bilateral sports with Pakistan in the wake of 2008 Mumbai attacks, which India blamed on militants based in Pakistan.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Those attacks, which killed more than 160 people, nearly brought nuclear-armed arch-enemies India and Pakistan to the brink of war.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The two planned series between India and Pakistan were due to take place at a neutral venue.</p>