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The former girlfriend of Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has been asked to give evidence to the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit.
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 the Associated Press.
Rashid was not sure when and where the meeting will be held.
Asif allegedly took money for bowling an intentional no-ball during the fourth test against England.
An ICC spokesman said the game’s governing body does not comment on the ongoing investigations of its anti-corruption unit.
It’s not for 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.
“That was the time when ….the PCB should have punished him so they would have set an example for upcoming boys,” Malik told Associated Press Television News.
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.

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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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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 the Associated Press.

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

Asif allegedly took money for bowling an intentional no-ball during the fourth Test against England.

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

It’s not for 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.

“That was the time when ….the PCB should have punished him so they would have set an example for upcoming boys,” Malik told Associated Press Television News.

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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Pakistan Film Star and TV Actress Veena Malik, who was also an ex-girlfriend of the Pakistani fast bowler Muhammad Asif will meet with the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit with respect to the spot-fixing investigation. ICC asked her to provide the evidence of the spot fixing, which she claim earlier that she has the evidence of spot-fixing.

Sohaill Rashid the manager of Film Star Veena Malik talking to the media said that on Wednesday ICC anti-corruption unit approached to the star for the evidence. He more added Veena Malik will soon meet with the ICC officials but not sure about when and where the meeting will be held.

Earlier Muhammad Asif, Salman Butt and Muhammad Amir have been caught up in a spot fixing scandal, which published in a british newspaper and also video on the internet.

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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 team-mate 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 confirmed.

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

Asif allegedly took money for bowling an intentional no-ball during the fourth Test against England.

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

It’s not for 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.

“That was the time when the PCB should have punished him so they would have set an example for upcoming boys,” Malik told Associated Press Television News.

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 chairperson Ijaz Butt had ordered Thursday’s inquiry at the Pakistan High Commission in London.

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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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THE ex-girlfriend of Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Asif has claimed the fast bowler confessed to her that last summer’s Australia-Pakistan Test was fixed and told her during the series to “stop praying – we will not win a single match during the tour to Australia”.

Veena Malik, a comedian and former model, made the allegations on Pakistan’s Express News network during a discussion of the match-fixing scandal, which has outraged the cricket-mad nation as it is experience the worst floods in a century.

Malik said Asif confessed during a phone call he made to her while in Australia that the team planned to throw the three-Test series, but she said she was unaware what Asif’s involvement was in the fix.

“When Pakistan started losing in Australia, I jokingly said: ‘For God’s sake, win a match.’ To this, he replied, ‘We won’t win anything until 2010′,” she told the late night Frontline program.

Malik also claimed that before the Pakistan team flew out to Australia last December, Asif made a sudden visit to Bangkok to meet bookmakers there.

“One day, he got business-class tickets and went to Bangkok,” she said. “He told me that he was offered $40,000.

‘I advised him not to be part of such activities but he did not listen. Instead, he went ahead and demanded $200,000.”

She added: “Since he came back, he has been totally involved in this. Once he told me that the entire Pakistan team is involved. From head to toe, the Pakistan players and officials are involved.”

Malik said she had provided details of Asif’s travels to the Pakistan Cricket Board as well as information relating to a R15 million ($356,000) loan she made to him, which she claimed was in part used to pay Asif’s lawyers, who were working to reduce a two-year doping ban.

Asif’s failure to repay the loan caused a public row between them, although they announced a rapprochement at a press conference in May.

The match-fixing allegations, revealed in a sting conducted by Britain’s News of the Worldnewspaper, has shocked Pakistan and prompted its Prime Minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, to order an immediate inquiry.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari – who is patron of the Pakistan Cricket Board – ordered a detailed report and demanded PCB chairman Ijaz Butt keep him informed of developments in the Scotland Yard probe, a spokesman said.

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Lahore:  Popular Pakistani actress Mohammad Asif’s former girlfriend, Veena Malik, has added to the woes of the embattled pacer by claiming that she has proof of his involvement in spot-fixing and that he has been in touch with bookmakers in the recent past.
Veena, who had a much publicised break up with Asif earlier this year, said on a television that Asif used to be in touch with an Indian bookmaker named Dikshit, who paid him for spot-fixing in matches.
“Asif used to call up this Indian bookmaker and other bookies as well on the phone of his servant. I have evidence of the messages he exchanged with the bookies,” she said as she waved around a paper having a list of messages.
Malik broke up with Asif after the latter married as per his parents wishes.

Veena had filed a court case against Asif for recovery of some Rs. 13 million earlier this year after their break-up, with the cricketer denying he owed her anything.

After an ugly exchange of allegations in the media, both reached a settlement on the intervention of a mutual friend.

Veena said Asif had told her that Pakistan would not win any Test series until 2010 and that good money was to be earned from spot fixing without affecting results of the matches.

“I have more evidence of his involvement and I can show that he and some other players also indulged in spot fixing on the Australian tour,” she said.

Malik also alleged that Asif had paid bribes to escape a longer suspension when he tested positive in a dope test during the Indian Premier League two years back.

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WITH a bright light shone on cricket amid allegations that members of the Pakistan team cheated and tricked idiots stupid enough to gamble on the toss of ball, we meet Veena Malik actress and former lover to Mohammad Asif, who tells us:

“When Pakistan started losing in Australia, I jokingly said, ‘For God’s sake, win a match.’ To this he replied, ‘We won’t win anything until 2010.’”

She says he then went to Bangkok.

“He told me he was offered $40,000 (£25,850). I advised him not to be part of such activities but he did not listen. He went ahead and demanded $200,000 (£129,300)…

“Since he came back, he has been totally involved in this.”

Forget the bookie. Look for the ex-lover. Veena also pointed the finger at – ready? – Dhiraj Dikshit. She says he is a bookie in on the alleged scam. He responds:

“Veena is a liar, I am being targeted as I interact with the players,” he told the media. Anyone can check my bank account; I am clean.”

The Times of India reports – and note that Dikshit is now Dixit:

Dixit said that during a telephonic conversation, Veena… told “me that she is ‘managing’ seven Pakistani players. She did not name the players but told me that if you want we can do a big deal. I’ve results. That time, 2-3 matches withAustralia had taken place and more were in the offing.

“During that time, she told me if I had any big businessman from India who wanted to earn a lot of money in a night, then I can introduce him to her.”

Veena and Asif did not part on the best of terms, as this report suggests:

According to sources cited by Daily Times, Asif had assured Veena to marry her once his cricket career was back on track and he was selected in the Pakistan team.

Asif had been banned from cricket for a year for testing positive for nandrolone in 2006. In 2008, he was stopped in Dubai and, allegedly found to be in possession of drugs. At the time we were told:

“He [Asif] will be deported as soon as the police finalise the procedures,” Mohammad Al Nuaimi, the public prosecutor who handled Asif’s case, told Gulf News. “It is definite that he committed the crime as he was caught red-handed … however in certain cases and for a faster litigation process the Public Prosecution drops a case due to insignificance and deports the suspect.”

Back to Veena and Asif’s love story:

“Veena kept on giving Asif money during his turbulent period. Asif received approximately Rs 20 million from Veena. She had to sell her house in Islamabad, a couple of residential plots and gold jewelry to help Asif come out of the mess in which he was. She was madly in love with him. But he dumped her and married someone else,” sources added.

Asif denied Veena’s allegations and an agreement was reached. And now Veena is back…

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