By IANS,
Karachi : Intelligence is being gathered on Pakistanis who will take on India in the World Cup semi-final, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Monday, warning that “there should be no match-fixing”.
Malik said that though he was “sure the team has very clean members”, information was being collected on the Pakistani cricketers including “who (all) are meeting them and … their telephones”.
“I gave a warning that there should be no match-fixing. I am keeping a close watch. If any such thing happens, we are going to take action,” Online news agency quoted Malik as saying.
He also had some advice for the Pakistani players.
“Do your practise, sleep early at night, and wake up at the proper time. They should dedicate themselves to Pakistan for the match,” he said.
“There is a lot of love for the cricketers, and we hope they will win the game for us. We expect they will not disappoint the people,” he added.
He welcomed his Indian counterpart P. Chidambaram’s pledged to provide adequate security to the Pakistani team.
“I am sure of his (Chidambaram’s) capability. He is a man of wisdom and authority and has the capability to handle things well,” Malik said.