According to Zulqarnain, he had been receiving threats and dictations from Kamran Akmal for some time now. Haider said that Kamran had asked him to not perform well in the foruth ODI against SA. But keeping a closed ear to threats and warnings from Kamran Akmal, Zulqarnain Haider did what he could to help Pakistan cricket team win the 4th ODI.
According to Zulqarnain, after the last ODI, which he participated in, he decided to leave the team, because he saw no other alternative. When asked by Syed Tariq for the reason to decide to come to UK, Zulqarnain said that he knew that if he would go to Pakistan, no one would pay any attention to his hews and cries. Answering to a question regarding his plans of filing a case for political asylum in UK, Haider said that his asylum application has no monetary motives, because all that the refugees get are 200 pounds sterling a week, whereas his own cricketing career was worth lot more than that.
Concluding his conversation Zulqarnain Haider said that even being in UK he still has fears regarding his own life and more importantly he fears for the lives of his family in Pakistan.
Near the end of his meeting with our London bureau chief, Zulqarnain received a call from his brother and even during his talk withhim he repeated that it was Kamran Akmal who threatened him and forced him to play against the country for the good of the book-keepers.
Zulqarnain Haider also reiterated that what happened when Bob Wilmar died. There were signs and reports of crime, but did anyone find anybody responsible? So if Bob Wilmar’s death went undisclosed, how could he (Zulqarnain Haider) trust his security to such people
