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Mohammad Asif held in Dubai

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Sanz

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It is not really a surprise, I made the call long back. It is pretty expected of the UAE government, their double standards is just appalling.

"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."

Yeah Right !!
 
Fusion

Fusion

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I hope that PCB step up and take severe action against him, before any other organization is forced to. PCB needs to send a strong signal to Asif and all other Pakistani players that bad behavior would not be tolerated. If they repeat the mistakes of the past of letting them get away with it, then this sort of thing will continue to happen for years to come.
 
SpaceMonkey

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Well, as i mentioned when it first happened he was always gonna be let off 8-)

But with people in jail for 4 years for carrying less than Asif was, it does give everything a bad smell. I guess performance enhancing drugs arent the only type Mr Asif likes to dabble in :ph34r:
 
Burgey

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This quote catches the eye, and from a PCB official, as I read it:

"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."

I think he's definitely for it when he gets home.
 
Richard

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We'll see.

Either way, don't really like the sound of the penalties on offer in Dubai. Seem utterly OTT.
 
Fusion

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Burgey said:
This quote catches the eye, and from a PCB official, as I read it:

"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."

I think he's definitely for it when he gets home.
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Actually that quote is from Mohammad Al Nuaimi, the UAE public prosecutor. Not that it is any less significant.
 
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jeevan

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Burgey said:
This quote catches the eye, and from a PCB official, as I read it:

"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."

I think he's definitely for it when he gets home.
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He'll be banned for 5 years by the PCB. Three months later, there will be an appeals hearing, in which his ban will be commuted to six months. That was the pattern on
Akhtar & Asif in the Nandrolone case where the ban was completely dropped, and recently for Akhtar's 5 year ban reduced to 18 months even though everyone in the PCB seems to hate his guts.
 
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I find it interesting that yesterday, after hearing virtually nothing of the case here for quite some time, every English newspaper in Dubai carried stories of the penalties that Asif potentially faced from the ICC and PCB.

These stories were published BEFORE the announcement that he was to be deported.

The Government here is pretty pragmatic (one of the benefits of what is essentially a benevolent dictatorship) and would realise that there is little point in clogging up its' jail sytem when Asif is facing harsh penalties on the outside.

Furthermore, the ICC is a "guest" of the UAE whilst Pakistan is a friend and so I'll be surprised if the book is not thrown at Asif by either of these parties
 
Burgey

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social said:
I find it interesting that yesterday, after hearing virtually nothing of the case here for quite some time, every English newspaper in Dubai carried stories of the penalties that Asif potentially faced from the ICC and PCB.

These stories were published BEFORE the announcement that he was to be deported.

The Government here is pretty pragmatic (one of the benefits of what is essentially a benevolent dictatorship) and would realise that there is little point in clogging up its' jail sytem when Asif is facing harsh penalties on the outside.

Furthermore, the ICC is a "guest" of the UAE whilst Pakistan is a friend and so I'll be surprised if the book is not thrown at Asif by either of these parties
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The govt in Australia is a benevolent dictatorship?

Give us time mate, give us time...... :)
 
pasag

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"Mohammad Asif is a superstar of Pakistan and we should not leave him alone over there [Dubai] and should not spare any effort to bring him back," senator Zafar Iqbal Chaudhary said during the committee meeting on Wednesday. "We request the president and the premier to intervene in the matter and bring back the superstar."

Is the implication, that if he wasn't a superstar they should have just let him rot? Would the same calls be made if it was Mohammed Sami sitting in a Dubai prison?
 
Craig

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pasag said:
"Mohammad Asif is a superstar of Pakistan and we should not leave him alone over there [Dubai] and should not spare any effort to bring him back," senator Zafar Iqbal Chaudhary said during the committee meeting on Wednesday. "We request the president and the premier to intervene in the matter and bring back the superstar."

Is the implication, that if he wasn't a superstar they should have just let him rot? Would the same calls be made if it was Mohammed Sami sitting in a Dubai prison?
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What an idiot.
 
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pasag said:
"Mohammad Asif is a superstar of Pakistan and we should not leave him alone over there [Dubai] and should not spare any effort to bring him back," senator Zafar Iqbal Chaudhary said during the committee meeting on Wednesday. "We request the president and the premier to intervene in the matter and bring back the superstar."

Is the implication, that if he wasn't a superstar they should have just let him rot? Would the same calls be made if it was Mohammed Sami sitting in a Dubai prison?
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Sounds like it.

A pretty sweet deal, once you reach a certain level of performance on the cricket field laws no longer apply to you. Nice.
 
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