Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider was whisked away by security officials at the Benazir International Airport, Islamabad, as he ended his exile and returned home from Britain on Monday. The security personnel did not allow the runaway glovesman to speak to dozens of waiting media representatives before he was driven in a jeep away from the airport. Security officials pushed back reporters when they tried to approach Haider for comments. “I don't know what happened and why he didn't talk to reporters,” an official, who accompanied Haider from the VIP lounge said. The official, who was not allowed to talk to media, said that there were plans to have a media conference with Haider outside the VIP lounge, but “maybe it was changed at the last minute.” Haider later met with interior minister Rehman Malik, who has given security assurances to the wicketkeeper and his family in Pakistan. Last week he revoked his application for asylum in Britain after meeting Malik in England.

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