Ajmal himself created more confusion, by claiming he has special dispensation from the ICC to straighten his arm beyond the allowed 15 degrees.
The 34-year-old off-spinner, who took 24 wickets in the 3-0 Test series whitewash of England, claimed that the ICC has allowed him extra leniency, up to 23.5 degrees.
As per the ICC rules a bowler can only straighten his arm up to 15 degrees, beyond which his action will be deemed illegal.
"I don't know about my bowling action, but somebody was telling me your action is bad. ICC has allowed me 23.5 because my arm is not good because of an accident, that is why a problem," Ajmal told BBC television on Monday after being declared man-of-the-series.
"Otherwise no problem, straightaway cleared by ICC."
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said Ajmal was referring to elbow extension, and not the arm.
"Ajmal was referring to the angle of elbow abduction i.e. the angle of the upper arm to the forearm and not the degree of elbow extension. This angle is approximately 23 degrees in Ajmal's case," the PCB said in a statement.
"The ICC's level of tolerance of 15 degrees relates to the degree of elbow extension that is permitted in the bowling action i.e. the amount by which the arm is straightening," it added.
The PCB said the previous tests conducted on the action of Ajmal showed that the degree of elbow extension is well within ICC's tolerance levels.
ICC general manager cricket David Richardson also backed the PCB's stance.
"There is a big difference between the elbow carry angle (elbow abduction) and the degree of elbow extension. There is nothing preventing a bowler bowling with a bent arm, provided he does not straighten it beyond the permitted degrees of tolerance," said Richardson.
Pakistan won the third and final Test here by 71 runs.
Ajmal's bowling action, reported by match officials during a one-day series against Australia here in 2009 before it was cleared after remedial work by experts, once again came under suspicions following his career-best 7-55 in the first Test, also played in Dubai.
Former England paceman Bob Willis raised suspicions over his 'doosra' (second one) -- a ball which turns the other way than a normal off-break -- while England coach Andy Flower said he has his own opinion and left the matter to the ICC.
But after Ajmal's claim on relaxation, Flower on Tuesday showed surprise.
"If that's the degree, then there's a problem, said Flower when asked about Ajmal's claim of special dispensation. "That's ridiculous."
"That is an ICC issue, though. They are there to police the game, and make sure that it is played within the rules, so they've got to scrutinise his action.
"We've all got our own views, but our job is to combat whoever is put against us, and part of it is also to play the game in the right spirit."
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As we are Pakistani and Urdu is our national language, so, we should not hesitate to speak Urdu. We should ask the interviewer to interview in Urdu. Other ways is to use a Translator. Through this, we can escape from such kind of issues.
England should learn from their own mistakes as the their caption said in his interview and stop blame game.
Pakistan Zindabad. Pakistan Cricket Team Zindabad.
Pakistan players who speak layman's English should refrain from giving interviews in English. PCB should conduct an English Speaking course with the players quite regularly. As a Pakistan fan, I feel ashamed when some of the players speak broken English and do not understand what is being asked from them.
ICC has done alot of damage to Pakistan circket players, 1st Ammir and now Ajmal. They know they can destroy any batting line whether Aus, Eng or Ind.
Earlier on in 1992 England could not fathom Waseem and Waqar and hence they raised allegations of ball tempering....in 2006 they again could not tackle Asif and hence Ball tempering issue was raised again.....IN 2010 England could not bear with the excellence of Amir and Asif and hence got them entrapped in spot fixing fiasco.... this year when Ajmal took 10 wickets in first test against England....the English media said that Ajmal's action is not right, should not be shown to youngsters as it would give them wrong example and funniest of all was the allegation that Ajmal is bowling with full sleeves.....!!!!! what about Panesar....he also bowled with full sleeves....now that the series is done and dusted they are trying to at least leave Pakistan as bruised as they did by entrapping Amir in 2010...they will try to brew a storm so that best off spinner can either be banned or at least loses confidence.... when ICC has cleared him...who is BBC and who is english media....???? real whiners....real childish behaviour by English......it s a matter of sour grapes..........!! ha ha ....live with it.....Pakistan has beaten world no.1 3-0..... ha ha
Now that England have lost - they are trying to find ways to discredit the Pakistani bowlers? So sad - why can't they accept that they were not good enough.