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This is the Freedom,nay Media Freedom which is 100% better than IndiaAfridi spoke about.
probably they have read my Blog on Afridi
Indians Not largehearted.- You are Right Afridi.Video.
They are petty minded in not begging US or allow US tokill its citizens.
Finally are you a Pakistani citizen or aPathan ?
Story:
Days after winning the hearts of numerous Indian fans with his .after his team’s loss in the World Cup semi-final, Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi has said Indians are not as largehearted as Pakistanis.
Afridi also slammed the Indian media for its “very negative approach” and said the Pakistani media was a “hundred times better” than its Indian counterpart.
“In my opinion, if I have to tell the truth, they (Indians) will never have hearts like Muslims and Pakistanis. I don’t think they have the large and clean hearts that Allah has given us,” Afridi said during a talk show on Samaa news channel when he was asked about relations between the two countries.
“It is a very difficult thing for us to live with them (Indians) or to have long-term relationship with them. Nothing will come out of talks. See how many times in the past 60 years we have had friendship and then how many times things have gone bad,” he said as the audience in the TV channel‘s studio applauded him repeatedly.
THE INSIDE STORY: Reporter Mazher Mahmood tells how he got the tip-off
IT was back in January that I first received the phone call that would start my investigation.
A former member of the Pakistan cricket management team told me the England v Pakistan series would be rigged to ensure huge betting wins for crooked syndicates.
Indian bookmakers were effectively controlling games, telling a number of Pakistani stars what to do on the pitch. Once the paymasters knew what would happen in a game, they could rig the odds in their favour – and bet fortunes with other bookmakers who were not in the know.
The crucial extra piece of information I received in January was the name Mazhar Majeed, a millionaire businessman who acted as an agent for Pakistani players. I was told he was the fixer for the summer Test series in England.
We made a number of background checks on Majeed, but it wasn’t until August 8 that the investigation moved into top gear and I arranged to meet him, posing as a multi-millionaire businessman interested in holding a cricket tournament in the Middle East.
FIRST MEETING WITH FIXER, Park Lane Hilton, London, August 16
After weeks of preparation, we finally come face to face with Mazhar Majeed – the Croydon-born businessman and Pakistan players agent – in the opening innings of an investigation that would rock the cricket world.
In the plush hotel’s Podium restaurant, our team explain they are representing a business group interested in launching a new cricket tournament – and we need Majeed’s help to bring in the stars.
The smooth fixer instantly pounces, boasting about his links to the Pakistan team – and hints at the power he holds over them, telling us: “I manage quite a lot of the players.
“I do all their affairs, all their contracts, all their sponsorship, all their marketing. Everything really.”
He asks if we will put up a “million dollars” in prize money for the tournament and adds: “All the players would be up for that. Then not only will they come to play, they actually come to win.”
One player he does not want involved is Shahid Afridi, the veteran Pakistan captain in charge of the side in the one-day series.
Afridi was not one of the players Majeed had in his pocket.
“I could have signed Afridi five years ago. All the other players I know, you know like brothers. When they’re in England I see them every day. I go to Pakistan to stay with them. We are going out for dinner tonight actually, Edgware Road.”
Yassir Ahmed blowing the lid off cricket scam in Pakistan.
A PAKISTAN cricketer who played in the rigged Lord’s Test has sensationally confirmed that there WERE cheats in his team.
Respected opening batsman Yasir Hameed claims bent teammates were fixing “almost every match”.
And he provided a devastating insight into the shady world of betting scams, telling how he:
REFUSED bribes of up to £150,000 from a corrupt bookmaker to throw matches.
LOST his own place in the squad and saw his career damaged as a result.
WATCHED as crooked colleagues splashed out on plush properties and expensive sports cars funded by their illicit activities.
LEARNED that shameless players pocketed an astonishing £1.8million for rigging a Test match against Australia earlier this year.
Hameed, once rated amongst the world’s finest batsmen, said of his scandal-struck colleagues: “They’ve been caught. Only the ones that get caught are branded crooks.
Pakistan cricket star Yasir Hameed blows lid off cricket match fixing
“They were doing it (fixing) in almost every match. God knows what they were up to. Scotland Yard was after them for ages.
“It makes me angry because I’m playing my best and they are trying to lose.”
And, predicting the likely fate of the players exposed by the News of the World, Hameed added darkly: “The guys that have got done have got themselves killed.
“They’re gone – forget about them.”
Hameed’s remarks will heap pressure on the ICC investigation and the preposterous defence thrown up last week by shamed Pakistan skipper Salman Butt, bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir and their Pakistan Cricket Board bosses.
Sipping white wine in a Nottingham hotel just two days after our revelations sparked a worldwide sensation, Hameed, 32, described how he became a victim of betting cartels’ vengeance for refusing to fix games.
PLAYER: Yasir in 4th Test
“It’s because of all these wrong things that I was outed, because I wouldn’t get involved,” he told our undercover reporter.
“If you sat here and said, ‘I’m a bookie and I want you to fix the match tomorrow’ – I’ve met lots of people like that in the past and I refused. They offered me handsome money.
“I could have come to see you in a Ferrari. They give you so much money that you can live out your dreams, buy a flash car.
ICC says there is enough evidence to suspend them;Pakistan High Commisioner says it is India conspiracy;Salman Butt & Co says to Sctland Yard that they know Majeed and accepts taking money;their lawyer says the trio knew Majeed , he is their agent ,the money is for sponsorship;Shahid Afridi issues public apology on behalf of the trio.
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Read my blog on ‘Pakistan – (Salman) Butted
Story:
Pakistan’s one-day captain, Shahid Afridi, has issued a remarkable public apology on behalf of the three players at the centre of cricket’s betting scandal.
“I think it is very bad news,” he said. “On behalf of these players – I know they are not in this series – but on behalf of these boys I want to say sorry to all cricket lovers and all the cricketing nations.”
Afridi was at pains to distance himself from those implicated in the betting scandal – the Test captain, Salman Butt, and the fast bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif – as he arrived at nets ahead of Pakistan’s Twenty20 game against England in Cardiff tomorrow.
He made no attempt to proclaim that they were innocent until proven guilty and he also stressed that he had no anger about the investigation into the players. “No,” was his emphatic response.
The Pakistan players at the centre of the corruption row want a “timely and satisfactory outcome” to the affair.
Police questioned Mohammad Amir, Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif on Friday over claims deliberate no-balls were bowled in the fourth Test with England.
“At no time were they placed under arrest, they were free to leave at any time,” said lawyer Elizabeth Robertson.
“They answered questions put to them and were released without charge or conditions,” she added.
The trio were quizzed separately by detectives in Kilburn in north London on Friday in the aftermath of allegations published in the News of the World newspaper last Sunday.
‘The Dawn ‘ of pakistan in a blog takes a totally opposite view of the incident reflecting the mood of the Sports lovers there.
Which do you think the geniuses at the PCB opted for?
It comes as no surprise that Haroon Lorgat announced the suspensions of Amir, Asif and Butt, pending the completion of the investigation. They cajoled and urged all they could, but the PCB was adamant: these were mere allegations, they said. And people are innocent until proven guilty.
Which is true, technically speaking. But when the charges are this serious, and the initial evidence is so compelling, it behoves responsible adults to comprehend the stakes involved. The removal of Amir, Asif and Butt from the touring party would not have been an admission of guilt; it would’ve been the simple and sensible thing to do under the circumstances. It would’ve served the purpose of sending a signal to the rest of the cricketing world than we mean business, and we’re going to handle things properly. And it’s not as if the three players would have been in tip-top mental, emotional and psychological shape to play cricket anyway. But as it is wont to do, the PCB shunned its responsibility, and made the ICC do its work for it.
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