Asif detained on drug charges

Fast bowler Mohammad Asif was detained at Dubai airport this year for possessing opium, the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) three-man inquiry committee said on Tuesday.

Drug tests conducted during the investigations were negative

Dubai Public prosecutors dropped drug possession charges against the fast bowler

A top Dubai legal officer will begin an inquiry into the drug case next week

Nadeem Akram, the PCB official handling the Mohammad Asif case, is set to return to Pakistan from Dubai.

An official inquiry into the drugs case against Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif in Dubai is over, with the findings handed over to the attorney general, a Pakistani cricket official said Sunday.

Pakistan cricket coach Geoff Lawson has said that the detention of Mohammad Asif in Dubai for the alleged possession of an illegal substance would disrupt the paceman's progress.

Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif appeared before a Dubai prosecutor Thursday on charges of possessing an illegal substance and will remain in detention until at least Sunday, an official said.

Forensic tests proved that Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif has carrying hashish and the cricketer i...

Young fast bowler Sohail Khan will replace him