After threatening to exposure people who are corrupt in Pakistan cricket on his Facebook page recently, Haider has surprisingly gone quiet and underground, leading to speculations that perhaps his asylum request has been granted.
But his brother Aqeel Hiader said on Thursday that the application was still under process in the British Home Office. “His stay has been extended in the United Kingdom by the authorities and he is living peacefully in London, waiting for a decision on his asylum. “Right now he does not want to say anything on cricket until his asylum application is decided,” Aqeel said.
Aqeel also said that Zulqarnain as per schedule had appeared before the Home Department officials in London on December 7 but a final decision on his application was yet to be taken.
“He has also hired a new lawyer to represent him in the case and he is waiting for things to settle down before he can make a comeback to cricket,” he added.
Aqeel said that so far no one from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had contacted the family in Lahore regarding the threatening calls that Zulqarnain’s wife was getting a few days back.
