Cricket legend Shoaib Akhtar said Thursday he had forgiven show host Dr Nauman Niaz for the sake of the country and state institutions after they had a row on National TelevisionSpeaking on Geo News programme Jashn-e-Cricket, Akhtar said he kept waiting for the show host to apologise, but he did not, compelling him to leave the show.Following an on-air spat between Akhtar and PTV Sports anchorperson Niaz, the state broadcaster had decided to take both personalities off-air.