Retired wicketkeeper, Zulqarnain Haider has voluntarily withdrawn his application for asylum in Britain after the Pakistan government assured him and his family of "the highest level of security" in the country.

A few days back, Interior Minister Rahman Malik had assured Zulqarnain that he and his family would be given complete security, should the cricketer decide to return to the country from his self-imposed exile in the UK.

"In light of the assurances that I have received, I feel that I no longer need sanctuary in the UK and have accordingly decided to withdraw my claim for asylum," said Zulqarnain in his letter to the British Home Secretary.

The now retired wicketkeeper had stunned one and all by fleeing the team hotel in Dubai hours before the final one-day international against South Africa last year.

After reaching London, he had claimed that he had got death threats, and subsequently sought asylum in the United Kingdom.