LAHORE: The runing battle between veteran television actress Veena Malik and Test cricketer Mohammed Asif came to an end on Friday night after both rivals finally reached an out-of-court settlement, Geo news reported.
“We have reached an agreement on matters between Mohammed Asif and myself", Veena Malik told Geo news, adding, “We had two-day long talks to reach this deal”.
Veena refused to disclose details about the settlement. she said their common friend settled overseas, Zahid Yusuf, played the role of mediator. Zahid came to Pakistan to iron out the issue, she said.
On Friday, pace bowler Muhammad Asif had filed a Rs one crore lawsuit against Veena Malik and two private TV channels.
According to the notice sent through his counsel, Asif had alleged that Veena Malik appeared in two TV channels on April 15 and leveled baseless allegations of match-fixing and immoral activities. These shows badly dented Asif's reputation, it said. 
The notice demanded that Veena again appear in these television channels and offer an apology failing which they will have to pay defamation damages.
The actress had filed a police complaint against her former boyfriend pacer for sending her threatening messages.
"I have filed a complaint that Asif is sending me threatening messages. He has threatened to harm me if I don't stop pursuing my demand that he return the loan he has taken from me," Veena had said.
The feud over money matters between the two celebrities had snowballed into a major controversy with the Pakistan Cricket Board cautioning Asif to focus on his preparations for the Twenty20 World Cup.
Pakistan's interior minister Rehman Malik had called up Veena. "Rehman Malik has asked me to send him all relevant documents of the case and has promised me security and justice," Veena said.
The actress had an affair with Asif until he recently got married to a girl of his family's choice.
Since then Veena hasd been demanding that he return her around Rs 14 million which she claimed she gave him when he was banned from playing cricket.
Asif has denied taking this amount and said he had returned the Rs 3.4 million he owed Veena.
The actress had filed a petition in the Lahore high court pleading for a case to be registered against Asif for fraud and cheating while Asif has filed a counter claim in the against Veena.
"The case we are pushing for to be registered against Asif carries a punishment of three years imprisonment and non-bailable arrest warrants," Khawaja Shareef, the lawyer for Veena said.
The feud has got the PCB worried as the team is due to leave for the West Indies on their World Cup campaign on April 24.
"So far we have treated this as a personal issue of Asif as he has not missed any session of the training camp but obviously we are concerned this issue might not affect his focus," Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed said.
"We have told Asif to focus on his cricket and get over this issue quickly. The World Cup is a very event for us. And we are keeping a close watch on things," he added.
The Defense Police in Lahore on Thursday had forwarded the application of Veena Malik against Muhammad Asif to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
In her application, Veena had accused Asif of issuing death threats through text messages and emails.
According to police, the matter falls within the ambit of cyber crime. Therefore, the FIA will hold inquiry the charges leveled against fast bowler. Sources said Asif has threatened Veena of dire consequences like he had done in the past.
