Asif Released!

The Pakistan Cricket Team fast bolwer Mohammad Asif was released of all charges and deported to Pakistan. He was detained on the charges of possessing druges which he claimed as an Ayurvedic Medicine.

The attorney general said that all charges have been dropped because this was considered as a mild case and the government doesn't want to waste time in these small cases. This is not a case that is worth pursuing and hence we drop the charges, is what communicated by the attorney general.

Mohammad Asif is free to go to Pakistan!

Asif to be Released on Monday!

The sources say that Asif could be released on Monday after the prosecutor submits his report to Attorney General. Asif is still in Dubai, detained for possessing drugs. He claims that it is an Ayurvedic medicine.

PCB will take its decision after hearing the attorney general's decision. If he is proved guilty, he will have to face jail sentence and ban by the PCB.

Read: Asif Detained in Duba!

Asif still in Dubai!

The PCB representative left Dubai without Asif. The report on the enquiry leading the detention of Mohammad Asif, the fast bowler of Pakistan cricket team is yet to be submitted by the prosecutor to the Attorney General.

As of now, Mohammad Asif is still in Dubai. It looks like PCB will be suspnding Mohammad Asif until he is proven not guilty. The sources suggests that this will be end of his career as Pakistan wanted to take strict actions against wrong-doers.

Asif's Case: Report Submitted!

In the drug case agains the Pakistani cricket player Mohammad Asif, the Dubai Prosecutor completed his enquiry today and submitted the report to AG.

Nadeem Karan, an official from PCB said to PTI, "the chief prosecutor cross-examined the witnesses who were instrumental in finding the banned substance from the bowler. The court case will resume tomorrow." However, he didn't confirm whether charges had been laid against Asif.

Though the urine test has come out negative and in favor of Asif, if he is proved guilty, he will be facing a four year sentence.

Asif Detained in Dubai!

Mohammad Asif of Pakistan is in trouble again. He was detained and arrested for possessing drugs. He was caught in the Dubai airport while going back from India after playing in the IPL (Indian Premier League).

If he is found guilty, he would be banned for life as far as cricket is concerned and go to jail for four years. "The person concerned has been handed over to the drugs unit of the Dubai police," an airport customs official told IANS earlier Tuesday."

As per Geo TV, the Pakistan television channel, Asif, the Pakistan Contracted Player, had confessed to possessing narcotic substances.

The PCB's chief operating officer Shafqat Naghmi, who confirmed the arrest, told IANS from Lahore: "We are in touch with the authorities in the UAE through our embassy."

There are different versions to the story:

1) Asif slapped an airport official, they searched him and found an ayurvedic medicine, which Asif claims as a energy boosting medicine, which was termed as drug.
2) He was trapped by a sniffer dog in the transit lounge
3) He had confessed that he used drugs

If he is found guilty, he would face a four-year jail term, ban from cricket including IPL.

Asif was banned for a year and his team-mate Shoaib Akhtar for two years after they tested positive for the steroid Nandrolone in October 2006. The ban was removed on appeal two months later