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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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Is she a whistle-blower or a woman scorned? Only time will tell, but Veena Malik could well go down as the most controversial cricket WAG. Or a wannabe cricket WAG?

Her affair and fallout with Mohammad Asif were well documented — there were even reports that she and Asif had a secret wedding — but somewhere their relationship hit a dead-end. “I’m a bigger star than him in Pakistan,” she boasts.

Daughter of a retired army officer, Veena comes from Rawalpindi. She is a graduate in Sociology, Psychology and Persian. She passed out from FG College in Rawalpindi.

According to her website, she is warm hearted, friendly and outspoken and loves to go on long drives. “The sublime part of her life is that she always relies on her own efforts and exertions. By temperament she is mild and has touch of humanism,” veenamalik.com.pk notes.

In pursuit of a career, she moved to Lahore. Fluent in English, Veena is reportedly famous in Pakistan for her mimicry. She has acted in quite a few films, including an Indian movie, before she moved on to television. Mohbatan Sachian is supposed to be her biggest hit in what they call in Pakistan as Lollywood. Her website terms it as a milestone in her film career.

Currently she hosts a parody show called Ms Duniya in which she imitates politicians and celebrities. One of her famous acts, apparently, is her imitation of Sonia Gandhi. “It was well received. She has even mimed Michael Jackson. She has done parody of top Bollywood stars like Rani Mukherjee, Shilpa Shetty, etc,” says her PR manager Sohail. According to him, the show tops the TRPs in Pakistan.

She was introduced to Asif at a party in Lahore in 2009, where the pacer had apparently come drunk. After a none-too-pleasant beginning, they became friends but she never ‘liked his drinking habit’. “He has bad drinking habit. He used to take Ecstasy pills,” says Veena.

According to Sohail, their friendship blossomed after Asif got into troubles in 2009. “She helped him financially after he was banned for doping,” says her manager. But his drinking habits led to their split after a bitter fight. She even filed an FIR against him for not returning her money.

Till Sunday, Veena never openly talked about the alleged match-fixing side of Asif. Once she did, her phone has not stopped buzzing. “Not just the Indian channels, even CNN has interviewed her,” says her manager.

She may well now be right in her claim that she is more popular than Asif. Few can dispute her claim, after the current cricket scandal.

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Veena Malik, the recent most-controversial cricket WAG, has exposed some dark truths of Pakistan cricketers, especially her ex-boyfriend Mohammed Asif. “A whistle-blower or a woman scorned?” as newspaper Daily News & Analysis puts her, Malik’s revelations have undoubtedly raised eyebrows. At the same time, they are suspected to be a weapon of revenge as Asif had dumped her to marry another woman. Know about Veena Malik.

undoubtedly raised eyebrows. At the same time, they are suspected to be a weapon of revenge as Asif had dumped her to marry another woman. Know about Veena Malik.Veena Malik, a Pakistan-based actress, model and comedian, is a popular star in the country’s film and television industry. Known for her mimicry skills, the actress has also appeared in a few films, including an Indian one. Her website boasts the movie Mohbatan Sachian as her biggest hit and a milestone in her film career.

Veena’s affair and breakup with Mohammad Asif was much talked about in Pakistan. It is even said that the couple married secretly, however denied strongly by them. DNA’s website reports that the couple met in a party in Lahore in 2009, where the cricketer apparently came drunk. Though both became friends, Veena was always annoyed by his drinking habit. Asif used to take Ecstasy pills, Veena claims in the report.

Veena’s manager Sohail reveals that Asif and Veena’s friendship blossomed after the former was banned from Cricket for doping, when she helped him financially. But the gay days didn’t last long as soon their relationship met a dead end.

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.

Whistle-blower?

Before Sunday, Veena never revealed to media the alleged match-fixing side of Asif, though she claims that she knew a lot. “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.

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.

She told the Frontline programme on Pakistan’s Express News network, “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′.”

The New Zealand Herald reports Veena as saying that before the Pakistan team flew out to Australia for matches last December, Asif made a sudden visit to meet bookmakers in Bangkok.

“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,” it is reported.

The report adds: “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.”

(With PTI inputs)

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Mohammad Asif’s former girlfriend, Veena Malik has alleged that the fast bowler had close ties with an Indian bookmaker and would make deals with him.

“The man with whom Asif used to deal is called Dheeraj Dixit,” said Malik, a Pakistani actress.

The actress also accused Asif of doctoring his medical report after he tested positive in a dope test in the IPL.

She said that the report was doctored after he paid an Indian medical officer Rs 30 lakh to amend the results.

Both Asif and his lawyer, Kamran Shaikh, were unavailable for comment.

“Asif told me that Pakistan would not win a series till 2010. He (Dixit) helped fix matches. And he also influenced junior players in his team, including Aamir,” she said.

Malik said that the phone calls between Asif and Dixit took place in front of her. She said that on one occasion Dixit had offered him $40,000 (R19 lakh) for fixing the Australia series but Asif was demanding $100,000 (R47 lakh).

“The Pakistan Cricket Board needs to explain how Asif disappeared for a day from the camp.

“He had gone to Thailand to meet Dixit and seal the deal,” she said.

“I know that Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir were also part of the fixing scam in Australia.”

Malik had ended her relationship with Asif earlier this year in a messy exchange of allegations and counter-allegations.

“I had ended the relationship because I was unable to convince Asif to give up his betting habits.”

Blaming the Pakistan Cricket Board and Interior Ministry for the Asif’s current plight, she said, “Asif felt he has become invincible.”

After being caught in Dubai for possessing illegal drugs, Asif was set free after Pakistan’s interior minister had personally intervened.

Veena said that Asif’s final report on the IPL doping test, which was sent to the Pakistan Cricket Board, was not signed by many of the people involved in the committee including Sunil Gavaskar.

“The report was accepted by the Pakistani authorities,” alleged Veena. She  added that Asif has been supported in all his illegal activities by the top brass of the Pakistan Cricket Board.

Malik said she will give testimony “as and when required by the authorities”.

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