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      <title>Pakistan ex-cricketer named in Dutch MP threats case</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Netherlands said Monday that it was prosecuting a “famous” Pakistani for allegedly inciting the murder of a lawmaker, with anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders saying the suspect is former international cricketer Khalid Latif.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Dutch public prosecution service said a 37-year-old man had offered 21,000 euros ($23,000) in 2018 for the killing of a Dutch MP through a video on the internet, without identifying the suspect or the target.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“In this particular case, the suspect is identifiable. He is a famous person in his own country. As a result, the Dutch police recognised him from the images,” prosecutors said in a statement.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wilders, who cancelled a competition for blasphemous sketches of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) in 2018 after demonstrations and death threats, tweeted that the suspect was former Pakistan opening batsman Latif.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“The Dutch public prosecutor will prosecute and subpoena cricket player Khalid Latif from Pakistan who put a price on my head to kill me in 2018. They will ask for his arrest and extradition as well,” Wilders tweeted.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;He paid “tribute” to prosecutors and asked them to prosecute other people whom he accused of making threats.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A spokesperson for the Dutch prosecution service, when asked to confirm that Latif was the suspect, responded that “we never give names”.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Latif himself said he was unaware of the charges.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I have no knowledge of this. I will only comment once I get any communication on this,” he told AFP.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dutch prosecutors have now submitted a request to Pakistan that it serve the summons on the suspect, but said this would be “very complicated” as the two countries have no legal treaty.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Latif has been summoned to attend a court near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on August 29 on charges of attempting to incite murder, sedition and threats.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dutch media reported that prosecutors had also asked to question Latif in 2019.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Pakistani embassy in The Hague had no immediate comment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Latif, 37, was banned from cricket for five years in 2017 for spot-fixing in a Pakistan Super League match in Dubai.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He was banned on charges of orchestrating a deal for his fellow opener Sharjeel Khan to play dot balls ((when a ball is bowled and the batsman fails to score off it) in return for money in a Pakistan Super League match in Dubai in 201&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Latif completed his ban last year and has since been living a low-profile life in Karachi, coaching at club level.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He played the last of his 13 Twenty20 internationals in September 2016. He also played five One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Pakistan.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Netherlands said Monday that it was prosecuting a “famous” Pakistani for allegedly inciting the murder of a lawmaker, with anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders saying the suspect is former international cricketer Khalid Latif.</strong></p>
<p>The Dutch public prosecution service said a 37-year-old man had offered 21,000 euros ($23,000) in 2018 for the killing of a Dutch MP through a video on the internet, without identifying the suspect or the target.</p>
<p>“In this particular case, the suspect is identifiable. He is a famous person in his own country. As a result, the Dutch police recognised him from the images,” prosecutors said in a statement.</p>
<p>Wilders, who cancelled a competition for blasphemous sketches of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) in 2018 after demonstrations and death threats, tweeted that the suspect was former Pakistan opening batsman Latif.</p>
<p>“The Dutch public prosecutor will prosecute and subpoena cricket player Khalid Latif from Pakistan who put a price on my head to kill me in 2018. They will ask for his arrest and extradition as well,” Wilders tweeted.</p>
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<p>He paid “tribute” to prosecutors and asked them to prosecute other people whom he accused of making threats.</p>
<p>A spokesperson for the Dutch prosecution service, when asked to confirm that Latif was the suspect, responded that “we never give names”.</p>
<p>Latif himself said he was unaware of the charges.</p>
<p>“I have no knowledge of this. I will only comment once I get any communication on this,” he told AFP.</p>
<p>Dutch prosecutors have now submitted a request to Pakistan that it serve the summons on the suspect, but said this would be “very complicated” as the two countries have no legal treaty.</p>
<p>Latif has been summoned to attend a court near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on August 29 on charges of attempting to incite murder, sedition and threats.</p>
<p>Dutch media reported that prosecutors had also asked to question Latif in 2019.</p>
<p>The Pakistani embassy in The Hague had no immediate comment.</p>
<p>Latif, 37, was banned from cricket for five years in 2017 for spot-fixing in a Pakistan Super League match in Dubai.</p>
<p>He was banned on charges of orchestrating a deal for his fellow opener Sharjeel Khan to play dot balls ((when a ball is bowled and the batsman fails to score off it) in return for money in a Pakistan Super League match in Dubai in 201</p>
<p>Latif completed his ban last year and has since been living a low-profile life in Karachi, coaching at club level.</p>
<p>He played the last of his 13 Twenty20 internationals in September 2016. He also played five One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Pakistan.</p>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:40:55 +0500</pubDate>
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