Lahore High Court issues notices to Asif, ex-girlfriend Veena Malik

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued notices to both fast bowler Mohammed Asif and his estranged girl friend Veena Malik on their respective petitions seeking action against each other.

While the court has issued a notice to television actress Malik on a petition filed by Asif seeking orders to stop her from initiating any action against him and directed her to file a reply, it has also asked Asif’s counsel to respond to Malik’s petition.

Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry also sought a reply from the Ghalib Market Police Station House Officer (SHO) for not registering the First Information Report (FIR) against Asif on Malik’s complaint.

Veena’s counsel argued before the court that the police officer was not registering an FIR against Asif even after an additional district and sessions judge had directed him to do so.

During the hearing, Asif’s lawyer rejected all charges labelled against his client and said that Malik was falsely accusing Asif of fraud because the cricketer had refused to marry her.

Earlier, Malik had asked the concerned authorities to register a case against Asif for giving her ‘fake’ cheques.

In her plea, Malik claimed that she had given 10 million rupees to Asif, and the cheque that the fast bowler had given her to return the money had bounced.

Malik claimed that she had supported Asif both ‘emotionally’ and ‘financially’ during his bad days, and now she ‘at least’ wants her money back.

Malik had earlier sued Asif for recovery of 3.4 million rupees.

“When he (Asif) was banned from cricket and when no one was willing to support or help him I stood by his side and I gave him money which he said he would pay me back when things improved,” Malik had said.

“Now that his situation is better he is trying to avoid meeting his commitment but I want my money back, it is my hard earned money,” she added.

Asif was romantically linked to Malik, and there were rumours last year that both got secretly married in London, which has been denied by both of them.

However, Asif got married to a girl from Lahore, Hina, recently. (ANI)