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The Pakistan Cricket Board disciplinary committee handed former runaway wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider Rs500,000 fine and put him on one year probation after he was...

Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, who claimed to have received death threats from the match-fixing mafia, has revealed more about match-fixing in the cricket...

Runaway wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider Thursday backed Pakistan's fight against corruption after bookmakers confessed to making the death threats which prompted him to spend months...

A gang of eight bookmakers, allegedly involved in threatening Pakistan cricket team’s former wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, has been arrested from Sialkot. The police arrested...

Pakistan’s runaway wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, who has returned home from London, is yet to reach his hometown Lahore because of alleged security issues. Haider...

KARACHI - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Sindh General Secretary Taj Haider on Tuesday proposed that the national census should be based on the electronic data of the country's population compiled by the NADRA. In a press statement issued on Tuesday, Haider - also the head of PPP's Sindh Monitoring Committee on Census - was of the view that large scale manipulations especially in Karachi had made the house-enumeration exercise extremely controversial. "Complaints were pouring in from

LAHORE - Former wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider has vowed to "name and shame" those players who he believes are still engaged in corruption in cricket. Haider says it is the right time to come down hard on those who he believes are involved in corrupt practices. "There are some very big names involved in these illegal activities, but they are getting away with it as thorough investigations are not being carried out," PakPassion quoted Haider as saying.
"I am ready to name and

LAHORE - Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, who fled to the UK two months ago, says he has run out of money. The cricketer, who has lost around 10lbs in weight during "very depressing" last two months, told Sky News that the Pakistan Cricket Board is withholding £15,000 in wages from him. But he is "delighted" that wife Shazia and daughters Zahra and Fizza will be joining him soon.
"I hope in one or two weeks they will be sitting with me in London or Birmingham," he

LAHORE: Pakistan's runaway wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider got into deeper trouble as his legal team decided to back out in London. Natasha Malik, a lawyer representing the firm fighting his asylum case, said her firm will not be able to represent the wicketkeeper any longer.
"We have tried unsuccessfully to get in touch with him for the past few days, left him messages and so on and yet he has not contacted us at all. He was supposed to come in for some important meetings

LAHORE: Fresh claims made by runaway wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider's have led the Pakistan Cricket Board to delay the naming of the provisional team for the 2011 World Cup and the New Zealand series. Zulqarnain had stated that he has knowledge regarding the match-fixers in the team which led the PCB to stop the team announcement for the New Zealand tour and the World Cup.
He claimed on his Facebook page that he will reveal the names of those who have received money to fix

LAHORE : The Pakistan Cricket Board has made it clear that Pakistan's runaway wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider would be given a chance to defend his position before the board considers any disciplinary action. Haider deserted the Pakistan team on the morning of the fifth and final ODI against South Africa in UAE and fled to England seeking asylum over death threats from an unknown person.
"The board will decide on how to deal with the Zulqarnain issue on the basis of the findings

LAHORE: The present rulers though claim to be elected have not taken any steps for mitigating people's suffering and now people's faith in democracy is shaking, said former senator and human rights activist Syed Iqbal Haider.
Iqbal Haider, founding member of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), was talking to Pakistan Today before leaving for India to get the 4th Mother Teresa Memorial Award, which has been conferred upon by the Global Harmony Foundation this year in

LAHORE: Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider has claimed to turn down lucrative offers from the media to give details of his decision to desert his team in Dubai midway through an ODI series and flee to London after receiving death threats for refusing to fix matches.
The 24-year-old wrote on his Facebook account that the News of the World tabloid had offered him lots of money for an interview but he spoke to them without taking a penny.
"They offered me lots of money

LAHORE: Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram has lashed out at the Pakistan Cricket Board for its handling of the Zulqarnain Haider issue.
"It's the inability of the board that has left the players insecure and vulnerable. I feel that the PCB is not capable of handling Pakistan cricket. It has failed to strike a bond of trust with the players which has left players insecure and vulnerable. There is a lack of direction and leadership in the PCB and the controversies have been a

LAHORE: Pakistan wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider on Tuesday announced his retirement from international cricket after abandoning the team and flying to London, saying he had received death threats.
The 24-year-old on Monday failed to report in Dubai for Pakistan's one-day international against South Africa. The latest scandal to hit the country's national game follows a slew of spot and match-fixing allegations, and disciplinary problems.
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