Wasim Akram has dismissed suggestions he is set to join the Pakistan coaching team saying he doesn't have the time for it.

The former Pakistan captain was linked with the role of bowling coach under head coach Geoff Lawson but insists he has not been approached.

"Contrary to reports, I haven't been approached to become the bowling coach," he told The Telegraph. "In any case, I don't have the time."

There had earlier been reports circulating in the media that the Pakistan Cricket Board had approached Akram as a replacement for Lawson, but even then he had dismissed the speculation.

"Nobody from the Board has approached me officially or unoffically with anything. I have a few years left on my contract with ESPN so anything that comes would have to be weighed up against that. Ultimately it would depend on a number of things," he had told a cricket website then.

Akram has worked as a freelance bowling consultant of sorts with teams, including both India and Pakistan, since his retirement and has often been linked with coaching jobs in both the countries.