Mohammad Asif denied entry at Dubai Airport

Islamabad : Tainted Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif suffered humiliation at the Dubai International Airport where he was refused entry by immigration officials for not having complete documents.
Asif confirmed he had to take a return flight home from Dubai.
“I didn’t have a particular letter from their ministry of foreign affairs which I apparently required to enter Dubai,” Asif said.
The pacer, who served a five-year ban for spot-fixing between 2010 and 2015, required additional clearance to enter the Emirates as in 2008 he had been detained and sent to jail after a small quantity of opium was found in his pocket.
Asif said he had been issued a visa for the visit to UAE where he was invited to play in a T20 tournament in Sharjah.
“But I didn’t have the one particular letter and the organisers have now said they will arrange it after which I might still go and play in the tournament,” he added.
Asif has always been controversy’s favourite child.
Besides the spot-fixing ban and the opium possession case, he was also banned once for failing a dope test and had once gotten into a brawl with Shoaib Akhtar before the 2007 World T20.
Pakistan’s left-arm pacer Muhammad Aamir is aiming to reduce his workload by playing lesser number of Tests.
Aamir, who made a comeback to the Pakistan team in early 2015 after serving a five-year ban for spot-fixing, said he will be initially reducing his Test workload to have more impact and play more for Pakistan.
“I am not saying that I will give up playing Tests. But I will be targeting only the important ones and also try to manage my career in such a way that I can continue to play without any fitness issues for a long while,” he said.
Insisting, he was human and physically and mentally felt the strain of non-stop cricket since his comeback to the national side, Aamir said in an interview that it was not easy for him to make an international comeback.
“If I had played those five years my Test count would have been around 60 to 70. But my passion remains for the game and I want to continue playing for a long time for my country and my fans.”
“The only way to do is manage the workload intelligently and I have spoken to our coach about it,” he added.