PCB seeks UAE ruler's help to sort out issue

The Pakistan Cricket Board, in another attempt to get Mohd. Asif released, has sought the help from the ruler of UAE, it is learned here.

According to UAE-based sources, PCB chairman Naseem Ashraf, who flew into Dubai from Bangladesh on late on Sunday, was scheduled to meet H.E.Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi late Monday afternoon.

Besides being the minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sheikh Nahyan is also the chairman of the Abu Dhabi Cricket Council (ADCC).

It may be recalled here that the PCB has agreed to send its team to Abu Dhabi to play three ODIs against the West Indies on November 12, 14 and 16.

Interestingly, Dilawar Mani, the ADCC president, was not involved in this process.

The meeting was likely to have been arranged by Ahsan Ullah Khan, the Pakistan Ambassador in UAE, it is also understood.

It could not be confirmed whether the PCB chairman was allowed on Monday to meet Asif at the detention centre.