Mohammad Asif Considering Political Asylum In England

[Super Falcon]

:Mod Edit:

Abusive post removed.

The Pakistan bowler held a 35-minute meeting with an immigration lawyer last Friday, The Daily Telegraph has learnt, and said he feared the allegations of fixing certain events in a recent Test match against England could make him the target of dangerous criminal gangs linked to the illegal betting underworld.

The cricketer is said to have asked the lawyer what would be a way to stay in Britain. He went on to discuss the asylum process with the solicitor, from London firm Malik and Malik.

The news will cause consternation among cricket authorities, who are engulfed in one of the worst crises the sport has faced. It will also be met with anger in Pakistan, where the players have been pilloried by the public and media.

Asif suggested he would await the results of investigations by Scotland Yard and the International Cricket Council, to which he expressed his innocence, before taking the asylum claim further. The criminal charges carry a potential jail term and the ICC could ban him for life from the sport.

Immigration experts said Asif could present a viable case if he were able to prove his life was in danger and that the Pakistan authorities were unable or unwilling to protect him.

The 27-year-old fast bowler asked an intermediary to arrange a meeting with the lawyer in London last week, and the meeting apparently took place in a Pakistani restaurant in Southall, west London, on Friday. “He didn’t say anything about asylum at first,” said the lawyer, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “He just said, 'what’s the way to stay?’ Then we told him there’s the student way – you can come here to study – or you can apply for a work permit. But then he asked about asylum.”

Asif was said to have looked “very anxious” and was accompanied by an unidentified older man. “I think he’s just worried about the backlash at home – that’s what he told me,” the solicitor said. “There’s been a lot of talk and there are undercover betting mafias with a lot of power – that seemed to be what he was worried about.”

At one stage the meeting was interrupted by a fan asking Asif for an autograph. The cricketer left with a copy of an advice leaflet setting out British immigration law. “If he wants to go forward then we will see what we can do for him,” the solicitor said.

It is rare for Pakistanis to be granted asylum. In 2009, only 65 were given shelter in Britain, Home Office figures show. One leading immigration lawyer, who did not wish to be named, said Asif could apply for refugee status if he first proved “a well-founded fear of being persecuted” by a gang who were out to cause him harm. He would then have to argue that the Pakistan state would not protect him.

Asif, Mohammed Amir and Salman Butt were all questioned under caution by Metropolitan Police detectives earlier this week over text messages, phone calls and secret bank accounts linked to the alleged fixing of certain events in the match against England.

Amir is alleged to have deliberately bowled a no-ball in the Fourth Test at Lord’s on the orders of Mazhar Majeed, an agent and businessman.

It has emerged that Asif comes from a poor family but has four homes, including an Italianate mansion in Lahore. He has been dogged by doping controversies since testing positive for the anabolic steroid Nandrolone in 2006, and remains barred from travelling to the United Arab Emirates after he was deported from the country in 2008 for possessing drugs.

The reaction to the fixing allegations in Pakistan has been acute, with cricket fans pelting donkeys daubed with the players’ names. In a court in Lahore, a local lawyer filed a case of treason against the accused players, calling for life bans and confiscation of all the players’ assets if they were found guilty.

The Pakistan High Commission refused to comment and the manager of the Pakistan team said he was not aware of Asif seeking asylum.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...n-Britain.html

 

[graphican]

As you sow, so shell you reap.

Whoever has betrayed this country, may they be doomed in life and dwell in depths of hell after life. Laena-tullah-Elaih wa Ajmaeen! Aamin!

 

[compak]

Telegraph also reported this. Why all criminals run to uk and get asylum there?

The Pakistan bowler held a 35-minute meeting with an immigration lawyer last Friday, The Daily Telegraph has learnt, and said he feared the allegations of fixing certain events in a recent Test match against England could make him the target of dangerous criminal gangs linked to the illegal betting underworld.

The cricketer is said to have asked the lawyer what would be a way to stay in Britain. He went on to discuss the asylum process with the solicitor, from London firm Malik and Malik.

The news will cause consternation among cricket authorities, who are engulfed in one of the worst crises the sport has faced. It will also be met with anger in Pakistan, where the players have been pilloried by the public and media.

Asif suggested he would await the results of investigations by Scotland Yard and the International Cricket Council, to which he expressed his innocence, before taking the asylum claim further. The criminal charges carry a potential jail term and the ICC could ban him for life from the sport.

Immigration experts said Asif could present a viable case if he were able to prove his life was in danger and that the Pakistan authorities were unable or unwilling to protect him.

The 27-year-old fast bowler asked an intermediary to arrange a meeting with the lawyer in London last week, and the meeting apparently took place in a Pakistani restaurant in Southall, west London, on Friday. “He didn’t say anything about asylum at first,” said the lawyer, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “He just said, 'what’s the way to stay?’ Then we told him there’s the student way – you can come here to study – or you can apply for a work permit. But then he asked about asylum.”

Asif was said to have looked “very anxious” and was accompanied by an unidentified older man. “I think he’s just worried about the backlash at home – that’s what he told me,” the solicitor said. “There’s been a lot of talk and there are undercover betting mafias with a lot of power – that seemed to be what he was worried about.”

At one stage the meeting was interrupted by a fan asking Asif for an autograph. The cricketer left with a copy of an advice leaflet setting out British immigration law. “If he wants to go forward then we will see what we can do for him,” the solicitor said.

It is rare for Pakistanis to be granted asylum. In 2009, only 65 were given shelter in Britain, Home Office figures show. One leading immigration lawyer, who did not wish to be named, said Asif could apply for refugee status if he first proved “a well-founded fear of being persecuted” by a gang who were out to cause him harm. He would then have to argue that the Pakistan state would not protect him.

Asif, Mohammed Amir and Salman Butt were all questioned under caution by Metropolitan Police detectives earlier this week over text messages, phone calls and secret bank accounts linked to the alleged fixing of certain events in the match against England.

Amir is alleged to have deliberately bowled a no-ball in the Fourth Test at Lord’s on the orders of Mazhar Majeed, an agent and businessman.

It has emerged that Asif comes from a poor family but has four homes, including an Italianate mansion in Lahore. He has been dogged by doping controversies since testing positive for the anabolic steroid Nandrolone in 2006, and remains barred from travelling to the United Arab Emirates after he was deported from the country in 2008 for possessing drugs.

The reaction to the fixing allegations in Pakistan has been acute, with cricket fans pelting donkeys daubed with the players’ names. In a court in Lahore, a local lawyer filed a case of treason against the accused players, calling for life bans and confiscation of all the players’ assets if they were found guilty.

The Pakistan High Commission refused to comment and the manager of the Pakistan team said he was not aware of Asif seeking asylum.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...n-Britain.html

 

[graphican]

If this happens, If England gives "Political" asylum to Muhammad Asif, it will offend a Nation who is already at the threshold of tolerance. Who ever has "fcuked" Pakistan is given a "golden" place there in England.. and the Queen shouldn't forget our tolerance for them is not never-ending. We are already standing by the wall, don't push us anymore for your own good-sake.

 

[Beskar]

Lets keep things a bit more civil. The next person to use abusive language will be thrown outside!

 

[Nothing]

Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Asif considers asylum in Britain - Telegraph

"The Pakistan bowler held a 35-minute meeting with an immigration lawyer last Friday, The Daily Telegraph has learnt, and said he feared the allegations of fixing certain events in a recent Test match against England could make him the target of dangerous criminal gangs linked to the illegal betting underworld. "

May be he got threats from some one in Pakistan, some criminal elements and they are politically strong. So Asif got idea that he might not get proper protection for government and homecoming will be dangerous for him.

--some assumptions from above mentioned paragraph.

 

[Donatello]

If this happens, If England gives "Political" asylum to Muhammad Asif, it will offend a Nation who is already at the threshold of tolerance. Who ever has "fcuked" Pakistan is given a "golden" place there in England.. and the Queen shouldn't forget our tolerance for them is not never-ending. We are already standing by the wall, don't push us anymore for your own good-sake.

I think we have just recently discovered our own limits. Don't know what we are going to do about them. Though, Queen or not, i think their monarchy is over anyway.

One more economic doom and Britain is history. Well, they already are.

 

[HAIDER]

Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Asif considers asylum in Britain - Telegraph

"The Pakistan bowler held a 35-minute meeting with an immigration lawyer last Friday, The Daily Telegraph has learnt, and said he feared the allegations of fixing certain events in a recent Test match against England could make him the target of dangerous criminal gangs linked to the illegal betting underworld. "

May be he got threats from some one in Pakistan, some criminal elements and they are politically strong. So Asif got idea that he might not get proper protection for government and homecoming will be dangerous for him.

--some assumptions from above mentioned paragraph.

This satta baz mafia has its link all over India and Pakistan. May be his " sipari" has been issued from Bombay. Betray the master pay the price.
I think Vina Malik has expose the mafia insider and keep this man name in secret was M Asif job. Most probably India police is badly hunting this person. Which could be rule number one, pay the price once who breaks the cover.

 

[Areesh]

I hope this isn't fall in category of abuse. Anyways Laena-tullah-Elaih wa Ajmaeen! Aamin!

 

[RobbieS]

I think UK shouldn't give him asylum. He isn't a political refugee or a religious one and threats to him don't qualify him as one. He is a criminal who should be tried in the court of law.

Or give him asylum on the condition that he will have to face the British courts, if proved guilty. Lets see if he's willing to seek asylum then.

 

[HAIDER]

I think UK shouldn't give him asylum. He isn't a political refugee or a religious one and threats to him don't qualify him as one. He is a criminal who should be tried in the court of law.

Or give him asylum on the condition that he will have to face the British courts, if proved guilty. Lets see if he's willing to seek asylum then.

I think he should be handover to mafia,who he betrayed.

 

[SpArK]

A political asylum is possible if he can prove a viable case that his life was in danger and that the Pakistan authorities were unable or unwilling to protect him.

Usually there were thousands of Asylum seekers from Srilanka during the civil war time who end up actually well owning shops and petrol stations across UK.

I was lucky to work with a few during my collegeing days there representing the city council of Swansea in South Wales as a part time job and my job included working as a team to find shelter and job opportunity to lankans. I was chose for the merit of a translator from English to Tamil and vise versa as these people hardly spoke any English.

 

[Urbanized Greyhound]

we should have shown something of such a response with Azhar and Jadeja...but with our priorities changing by the day we are only to ready too "move on".......sportsmen who accept bribes to betray their country are no better than soldiers who desert in the battle field .....a mere criminal case against them meaningless....they ought to be humiliated in public .......

 

[HAIDER]

A political asylum is possible if he can prove a viable case that his life was in danger and that the Pakistan authorities were unable or unwilling to protect him.

Usually there were thousands of Asylum seekers from Srilanka during the civil war time who end up actually well owning shops and petrol stations across UK.

I was lucky to work with a few during my collegeing days there representing the city council of Swansea in South Wales as a part time job and my job included working as a team to find shelter and job opportunity to lankans. I was chose for the merit of a translator from English to Tamil and vise versa as these people hardly spoke any English.

I am afraid Pakistani society is kinda violent when they come to few things,specially cricket. I don't think his life is in danger, but he will live a dogs life, a life without respect. People will totally ignore or avoid him.

 

[SpArK]

I am afraid Pakistani society is kinda violent when they come to few things,specially cricket. I don't think his life is in danger, but he will live a dogs life, a life without respect. People will totally ignore or avoid him.

But unless and until he proves it before the concerned authority he cant be granded an asylum. Usually people living under civil war sort of situation are given asylum .

You must be remembering that Zimbabwean Andy Flower and that lanky pacer Henry olonga getting asylum in England and Andy flower later become the coach and later team director of english cricket team.

So anything is possible if the news is correct.