Tainted Pakistan Fast Bowler Mohammad Asif Refused Entry at Dubai Airport
The pacer, who served a five-year ban for spot-fixing between 2010 and 2015, required additional clearance to enter the emirates as in 2008 he had been detained and sent to jail after a small quantity of opium was found in his pocket.
Karachi, Mar 29: Tainted Pakistan pacer Muhammad Asif suffered humiliation at the Dubai International Airport where he was refused entry by immigration officials for not having complete documents.Asif confirmed he had to take a return flight home from Dubai. “I didn't have a particular letter from their ministry of foreign affairs which I apparently required to enter Dubai,” Asif said.
The pacer, who served a five-year ban for spot-fixing between 2010 and 2015, required additional clearance to enter the emirates as in 2008 he had been detained and sent to jail after a small quantity of opium was found in his pocket.
Asif said he had been issued a visa for the visit to UAE where he was invited to play in a T20 tournament in Sharjah.
“But I didn't have the one particular letter and the organisers have now said they will arrange it after which I might still go and play in the tournament,” he added.
Asif, besides the spot-fixing ban and the opium possession case, has also been banned once for failing a dope test and once got into a brawl with Shoaib Akhtar before the 2007 World T20.