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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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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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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