Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif has reacted angrily to the public disclosure by a former top PCB official that he was carrying opium when detained at the Dubai airport in June.

The disclosure was made by Shafqat Naghmi, the former chief operating officer of the cricket board who headed a three-member inquiry committee that probed whether Asif had violated the PCB's anti-doping regulations.

Naghmi disclosed that Asif was carrying a small quantity of opium when detained at Dubai airport and that the committee had recommended a few matches ban and fine on him but could not submit its report to the new board set-up as yet. Asif when contacted said he was surprised. “I don’t think this committee has the authority to say such things now. It is the present set-up which is responsible for everything now,” he said.