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Veena Malik met ICC investigators to share her suspicions

Actress Veena Malik’s manager Sohail Rashid on Thursday said she met ICC anti-corruption officials on Wednesday evening.

Ms. Malik, former girlfriend of Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif, had told Associated Press Television News that an Indian man frequently called and sent text messages to Asif, which she found suspicious.

Asif and fellow fast bowler Mohammad Amir are at the center of a match fixing controversy. Both were implicated in an alleged plan to deliberately bowl no-balls during the fourth test against England at Lord’s.

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Mohammad Asif, one of the Pakistan players accused of involved in a betting scam, flew to Thailand for a meeting with an Indian who may have been involved in match-fixing, Asif’s former girlfriend told the Associated Press in Islamabad yesterday.

Veena Malik suspects that the Indian national, who often called and sent text messages to Asif, was involved in illegal gambling.

“I was surprised why a guy from India is calling so frequently and sending texts to Asif,” Ms Malik said.

“That was quite suspicious for me …later on he (Asif) went to Thailand to have a meeting with this particular guy.”

Ms Malik, an actress, has been asked to give evidence to the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit in the match-fixing investigation.

Malik’s manager Sohail Rashid yesterday said the actress has been approached by the ICC and would soon be meeting her.

In 2008 Asif was detained at Dubai for 19 days when a small amount of opium was found in his wallet as he transferred at the airport.

“That was the time when ….the PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) should have punished him so they would have set an example for upcoming boys,” Ms Malik said.

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ISLAMABAD: The former girlfriend of Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif met International Cricket Council officials investigating match-fixing after commenting on her suspicions of Asif’s behavior.

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KARACHI: Former girlfriend of Pakistan fast-bowler Mohammad Asif, Veena Malik has been asked to give evidence to the International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption Unit after the actor’s claims about Asif’s involvement in match-fixing.

Veena’s manager Sohail Rashid said that she was approached by the ICC after she claimed to have evidence, just hours after Asif was alleged to have taken money for bowling an intentional no-ball during the fourth test against England. However, an ICC spokesman said the game’s governing body does not comment on the ongoing investigations of its Anti-Corruption Unit.

“A senior police officer called me and told me that an ICC Anti-Corruption Unit official will meet me to ascertain the veracity of the revelations I made about Asif and his links with Indian bookies,” Veena told the Times of India.

The film actress had claimed in a television interview that she had evidence of links between Asif and an Indian bookmaker and that the Sydney Test between Pakistan and Australia last summer was fixed. She has alleged that Asif had personally told her about this and she had also met the Indian bookmaker.

Asif had been embroiled in an off-field controversy earlier in 2006, when he was sent home before the Champions Trophy in India after testing positive for the banned substance nandrolone along with fellow paceman Shoaib Akhtar. Two years later, he was detained at Dubai for 19 days when a small amount of opium was found in his wallet as he transferred at the airport.

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KARACHI: A two-member team of the International Cricket Council anti-corruption and security unit on Wednesday questioned Mohammad Asif’s ex-girlfriend Veena Malik to give evidence in the match-fixing investigation.

Veena Malik’s manager, Sohail Rashid, said on Wednesday that the actress has been approached by the ICC after Asif was implicated in the spot fixing scandal uncovered by a News of the World sting.

An ICC spokesman said the game’s governing body does not comment on the ongoing investigations of its anti-corruption unit.

Malik said that she believed an Indian national, who often called and sent text messages to Asif, was involved in illegal gambling.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Mohammad Asif has been dropped from a planned role in a South Indian film after he was embroiled in betting scam allegations, Indian media reported on Wednesday.

The bowler had been slated to play the lead role in the Malayalam-language film “Mazhavillinattamvare” (Till The Tip Of The Rainbow), which charts the life of a Pakistani cricket coach in the southern Indian state of Kerala

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KARACHI: Former girlfriend of Pakistan fast-bowler Mohammad Asif, Veena Malik has been asked to give evidence to the International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption Unit after the actor’s claims about Asif’s involvement in match-fixing.

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ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit has called Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif’s actress ex-girlfriend to give evidence in a match-fixing investigation.

Veena Malik’s media manager Sohail Rashid says the actress has been approached by the ICC. Asif and Mohammad Amir were implicated in spot fixing for allegedly deliberately bowling no-balls at set times during a test match between Pakistan and England at Lord’s last week.

The actress claimed in an interview with Associated Press Television News that an Indian man frequently used to call Asif on his mobile number, which raised her suspicions of match fixing.

The ICC declined comment regarding the investigation.

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ISLAMABAD: The former girlfriend of Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has been asked to give evidence to the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit in a match-fixing investigation.

Veena Malik’s manager Sohail Rashid on Wednesday said the actress has been approached by the ICC. Asif and teammate Mohammad Amir have been implicated in a spot fixing scandal uncovered in a British tabloid newspaper sting.

“They have approached Ms. Malik and will be soon meeting with her,” Rashid told mediamen.

Rashid was not sure when and where the meeting will be held.

An ICC spokesman said the game’s governing body does not comment on the ongoing investigations of its anti-corruption unit.

The actress suspects that an Indian national, who often called and sent text messages to Asif was involving in illegal gambling.

“I was surprised why a guy from India is calling so frequently and sending texts to Asif,” Malik said.

“That was quite suspicious for me …later on he (Asif) went to Thailand to have meeting with this particular guy.”

In England on Wednesday, three Pakistan cricketers implicated in match-fixing allegations were sent to London to face an inquiry with Pakistani officials.

Test captain Salman Butt and pace bowlers Asif and Amir left the team hotel in Taunton to head to London.

Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed said PCB chairman Ijaz Butt had ordered Thursday’s inquiry at the Pakistan High Commission in in London.

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The former girlfriend of the Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has been asked to give evidence to the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit in a match-fixing investigation.

Veena Malik’s manager, Sohail Rashid, said on Wednesday that the actress has been approached by the ICC after Asif was implicated in the spot fixing scandal uncovered by a News of the World sting.

“They have approached Ms Malik and will be soon meeting with her,” said Rashid, although he is unsure when and where the meeting will be held.

An ICC spokesman said the game’s governing body does not comment on the ongoing investigations of its anti-corruption unit.

It’s not the first time that Asif had been embroiled in the off-field controversy. In 2006 he was sent home before the Champions Trophy in India after testing positive for the banned substance nandrolone along with fellow paceman Shoaib Akhtar. In 2008 he was detained at Dubai for 19 days when a small amount of opium was found in his wallet as he transferred at the airport.

Malik said that she believed an Indian national, who often called and sent text messages to Asif, was involved in illegal gambling.

“I was surprised why a guy from India is calling so frequently and sending texts to Asif,” Malik said. “That was quite suspicious for me… Later on [Asif] went to Thailand to have a meeting with this particular guy.”

The three players named in the allegations, captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Asif have today left the Pakistan team hotel in Taunton and headed to London.

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