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Former captain Shoaib Malik has had his one-year suspension overturned by the Pakistan Cricket Board.
The all-rounder was banned and fined for disciplinary reasons after the recent tour of Australia.
But a successful appeal against the ban means Malik, 28, can play in the Asia Cup and next month's tour of England.
And Lancashire, who had signed Malik earlier this month for their Twenty20 campaign, told BBC Sport they were "aware of the situation."
Malik, who was sacked as captain after the one-day series against Sri Lanka in January last year, was due to join Lancashire's overseas pair of Simon Katich and Shivnarine Chanderpaul and replace outgoing South Africa international Ashwell Prince.
He was scheduled to arrive at Old Trafford ahead of their opening Twenty20 game on 4 June.
A Lancashire spokesman added: "We will be speaking to the player and his representatives."
Malik's international suspension came alongside indefinite bans handed to key batsmen Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan.
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They were accused of "infighting which... brought down the whole team" on the troubled tour of Australia, in which Pakistan lost all three Tests, five one-day matches and a Twenty20 international.
Prior to the suspension, Malik, who married Indian tennis player Sania Mirza in April, had played 29 Test matches and 190 one-day internationals.
He admitted he was delighted that an independent arbitration tribunal had "partially accepted" his appeal, overturning his ban while also halving his fine to one million Pakistan rupees (£8,100).
"I am very happy on getting this news," Malik said.
"It's a sort of new lease of life for me and I desperately want to play for my country again."
Malik and Younus, who had both lodged appeals against their bans, were named in a 35-man "probables" squad on 25 May for the forthcoming Asia Cup, as well as their series against Australia and England in the UK.
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