ISLAMABAD: After a critical
meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Interior Minister Chaudhry
Nisar Ali Khan, Pakistan has decided not to play against India in Dharamshala
due to security worries.
Formerly, Nisar Ali
Khan on Wednesday held a meeting with PM Nawaz Sharif and exchanged views on
Pakistan cricket team’s participation in the World T20 Cup started in India
from Tuesday.
Sources in the know
to the details of the meeting said, the interior minister also presented
initial report prepared by the Pakistan security team in India to the Premier.
The two-member
Pakistan security delegation comprising senior director of the Federal Investigation
Agency (FIA) Lahore, Dr UsmanAnwar and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief
Security officer, Col. (R) Azam Khan went to Amritsar (India) from Lahore on
Monday to assess the situation at Dharamshala ahead of the Pakistan India clash
in that town on March 19.
The security team
was established by the Pakistan government after Himachal Pradesh Chief
Minister Virbhadra Singh expressed his state government difficulty to provide
security to the Pakistan team which is scheduled to play India on March 19 at
Dharamshala.
In the meantime,
the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has suggested that Pakistan
play the World T20 match in Calcutta instead of Dharamshala in view of their
security fears.
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