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Pak Govt should probe Zulqarnain Haider's mysterious disappearance: Zaheer Abbas | Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has called
on the government to order a high-level inquiry into the mysterious disappearance of wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider just hours before the final one-day international
against South Africa in Dubai. "It's a very, very serious issue and the government
of Pakistan should conduct a full-fledged inquiry into the incident," The News
quoted Zaheer, as saying. Zulqarnain suddenly went to London after getting death
threats from match-fixers following Pakistan's stunning one-wicket triumph over
South Africa in Dubai last Friday. The 24-year-old had scored an unbeaten 19 and
clipped the winning runs off the penultimate delivery as Pakistan levelled the
five-match series 2-2 in the fourth one-dayer. "It's like a national scandal and
an insult to Pakistan if such reports are true," said Zaheer, adding, "Zulqarnain
helped us win a very crucial match just a few days ago and that makes him a national
hero. If he is really being hounded by some mafia then I must say that concrete
action is required on an urgent basis." The wicketkeeper had quietly slipped out
of the Grand Hyatt in Dubai early on Monday morning and boarded a London-bound
flight. The player did not even discuss his plans with any of his team officials
or fellow teammates. On the morning of the match, a message of Zulqarnain's Facebook
wall read: "leaving Pakistan cricket because get bad msg fr 1 man fr lose the
match in last game." "It seems that he didn't even tell the team management or
the PCB about his plans because he feared for his life," Zaheer noted. Meanwhile,
a former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman said that the latest controversy
was another proof of Pakistan cricket being run by a weak management. "There is
no control of the board over the players and this latest incident is a clear mockery
of discipline. If the present management continues to run the affairs of cricket
in Pakistan , we'll continue to be the laughing stock," Lt Gen (retd) Tauqir Zia
said in an interview. However, former Test batsman Basit Ali felt that there was
more to this story than what met the eye, as he said, "The influence of betting
mafia on the game is not diminishing and I can smell something fishy in this particular
incident as well."
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