File photo of cricketer Muhammad Asif. PHOTO: FILE
Asif met officials from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and PCB CEO Sauban Ahmed on Thursday morning and admitted that he had made mistakes in the past.
Asif said that he was willing to cooperate with the International Cricket Council (ICC) and PCB completely. He said that he was ashamed for what he had done and apologised to the entire nation.
Pakistan batsman Salman Butt had also confessed to have been involved in spot fixing.
After Asif, all three Pakistani cricketers alleged to be part of a spot fixing charge by the ICC have confessed to have done so.
The five year ban on Salman Butt and the two year ban on Muhammad Asif will still hold, Express News correspondent Yousuf Anjum reported.
Muhammad Asif, Salman Butt and young pacer Mohammad Amir were banned in early 2011 by the ICC's anti-corruption tribunal for spot-fixing in a 2010 test match against England.
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PCB and ICC now should proceed to impose life ban on Mohammed Asif after confession and the trio should be arrested immediately and put them on trial for cheating and for letting down the nation.
Waiting for the reply from Pak High Commissioner in UK.. Shame on you guys..
Mr. Asif, I wish I could say - Der Aaye Durust Aaye. But I can't and you would understand, hopefully.
Your actions brought a lot of heartache to so many cricket fans all over, not just in your country. I can only image the pain of a Pakistani Cricket fan.
Your heart might be at the right place but with this apology you come across as nothing but an opportunist. I wish you had learned a thing or two from Mohd. Aamer and confessed long ago. As much as I would love to see Aamer in action after he serves his punishment, I sincerely wish you never play Cricket again.
This is a slap on faces of those who defended these player and accused India and rest of the world of conspiring againt pk cricketers. Have courage to say spade a spade.
What a lot of ppl here don't understand is that only reason butt and now asif have confessed after years of denial and pleading innocence at every court of law imaginable is only because both of them have exhausted of any options and more importantly they have realized that if they do confess and cooperate with the ICC's anti corruption programme now, they might be in for a chance to play after completing the stipulated ban period. Now remember the ban period is of 5 years for ALL three players, with just another 5 years and 2 years of suspension for butt and asif respectively. The suspension period is subject to non cooperation with IIC's anti corruption programme and by confessing their crimes now they are giving themselves a chance to get the suspension out of the equation and be in contention after the compulsory 5 year ban period.
I honestly think the PCB should never select these two and make a strong example out of these calculated hypocrites. Having said that, Amir in my book deserves a chance for having admitted before the hearing in UK (would have been better had he done from the first day but he did show remorse and admitted it on the second chance).
Good that you accept your guilt and at least no one needs to be blamed for unfair treatment. In fact, now that you admit your corruption, you should be penalized even more and this time for telling lies / perjury for all this time. You and your likes must be punished and kicked out of public life for ever so that others learn from your bad bad example.
Please send him back to jail in UK because up til now he had lied to various authorities, esp. under oath to a UK Judge
We expects each and every pakistani cricketer should admit the truth about spot fixing before they charged or arrest.
This is all I have got to say, 'LMAO'.
Asif corrupt? I'm shocked!!!!!
His admittance is a requirement by ICC to get on the path of rehabilitation. This is not a rush of conscience o his part.
Sometimes I pity them, sometimes I get angry at them but in the end it goes down to the fact that they brought embarrassment to Pakistan. They had what everyone wishes for and they ruined it!
If we show the same firmness to the terrorists like ICC and British courts have shown to these three cricketers then terrorists will eventually buckle as well.
Habbit of unecessary exceptions/nepotism/fear/lazyness is destroying us
So what do the conspiracy theorists say now.
Butt and Asif have some nerve to first plead innocence in courts, then after serving sentence come on TV several times to maintain their innocence and finally when no one could be convinced, they are going for the sympathy vote by declaring they were guilty all along .. shameful!
Wasn't he just in court a few months ago arguing that he hadn't done anything wrong? Do these people have no shame at all?
Too late, Asif. You should have gotten a life ban.
Why would you deny it for almost three years and spend heavy money on legal costs.
Shameless they are....if not fame-less
so much for the yahoodi sazish. and now they are accepting what they were denying for last 4 years
BCCI is behind his confession so that he cannot play for IPL forever.
Finally...As if we didn't know... . . . What a Disgrace to the entire nation...
tried every avenue .... no where to go now ..... so admitted it !
Just like Salman Butt !
The real question is what made him to admit his crime after more than 2 Years?