Zulqarnain says he is flying back home

April 22, 2011 12:18 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 02:54 am IST - ISLAMABAD

Pakistan cricket wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider in a file picture.

Pakistan cricket wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider in a file picture.

Wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider says he will go ahead with his plan to return to Pakistan on Sunday despite receiving telephone calls threatening him if he did so.

Haider wrote on his Facebook page “Going Pakistan on 24th on Sunday”.

Pakistan media reported Thursday that Haider may cancel his homecoming after the threatening calls, but Haider denied the reports, saying “coming with same plan.”

The wicketkeeper fled to Britain from the team hotel in Dubai in November, saying he had received death threats from match fixers.

Last week he revoked his application for asylum in Britain after meeting the Pakistan interior minister, who gave assurances about Haider’s security when he returns to the country.

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