Pakistan’s runaway Haider returns

Zulqarnain Haider

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Runaway Pakistan wicketkeeper  Zulqarnain Haider returned home from London yesterday after  being being assured by the government he would be safe in  Pakistan.

The wicketkeeper, who had fled the team hotel in Dubai last  November during a one-day series against South Africa claiming  he had received death threats for refusing to take part in match  fixing, arrived in Islamabad was whisked away by security  personnel without speaking to the media.

The 24-year-old had applied for asylum