Veena Malik

Source: IN

Islamabad, Sept. 21: The former girlfriend of Pakistan’s suspended fast bowler Mohammad Asif was reported in British media on Tuesday saying she received death threats soon after meeting International Cricket Council officials to discuss match fixing.

Actress Veena Malik told The Sun that she received an e-mail saying “don’t talk to the media, keep your mouth shut… I’ll kill you, watch what I do.”

Officials of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit met Veena earlier this month after she went public with allegations about Asif’s activities.

Veena claimed Asif was in contact with someone in India to fix betting markets. “They were offering Asif £25,000 to play badly but he said he needed £128,000. It was a couple of weeks before Pakistan’s tour of Australia,” she said.

Australia routed Pakistan 3-0 in the test series and 5-0 in the one-day series besides winning the only Twenty20 international.

“One day I told him I was praying for them to win. He replied, ‘Why are you wasting your time? We are not going to win anything until December 2010’. When I realised what he meant, I told him it was over between us and I decided to talk about it,” she said.

Veena also alleged Asif paid bribes to avoid more serious punishments. “He also told me he handed over money to avoid a lifetime ban after failing a dope test in India,” she said, adding “He said, ‘Money can buy anything.’”

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