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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Pakistani bookies 'admit' threats to Haider

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik (second left) poses with exile former Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider (centre) as well as members of Haider’s family in Islamabad upon Monday as Pakistan Sports Minister Shaukat Ullah (right) looks on.
©AFP/File – Farooq Naeem

SIALKOT, Pakistan (AFP) – Pakistani military pronounced Wednesday which arrested bookmakers have confessed to being at a back of genocide threats to former inhabitant wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider.

The 25-year-old deserted a group in Dubai final Nov as well as fled to London, observant he had perceived genocide threats from bookies who longed for him to repair a match.

Haider pronounced he was timid from general cricket as well as practical for domestic haven in Britain, though returned home upon Monday after a Pakistani supervision gave assurances about his reserve as well as which of his family.

“We have arrested 8 bookies as well as a little of them have suggested they were at a back of threats to Haider,” military central Nasir Qureshi told AFP from a locale of Sialkot, 120 miles (190 kilometres) southeast of a collateral Islamabad.

“We have confiscated their interpretation which has a series of general contacts as well as a review is still on.”

Qureshi pronounced an central press discussion could be called upon Thursday.

“We have found a series of heavenly body telephones as well as diaries which have general contacts as well as you goal to get serve sum in a subsequent twenty-four hours,” he added.

Haider final week voiced which he was rebuilt to devaluate his focus for haven as well as lapse to resume his career after assembly Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik in London.

On his lapse Haider pronounced he had not nonetheless motionless upon his future.

“I am happy to lapse as well as have got a kind of confidence betrothed to me. They have since me glorious accommodation,” pronounced Haider.

Runaway former Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider (pictured in 2010) returned home from Britain after assurances from Interior Minister Rehman Malik about a reserve of his family, according to witnesses. The 24-year-old fled to Britain in Nov final year citing genocide threats from match-fixers.
©AFP/File – Paul Ellis

“There were a little reasons when we left a group as well as went to Britain. we will outlay a little time with my family as well as haven’t motionless upon my personification future.”

On Monday, Malik pronounced Haider had suggested a little critical sum though refused to share them with a media.

The Pakistan Cricket Board pronounced Haider had not done hit as well as usually when he does, would a fact-finding cabinet take up a matter.

The committee, shaped final year, found no transparent ground at a back of Haider’s disappearance though termed him “mentally ill”.

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