ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has made it clear
that the security akin to international standard would be lent to
international teams including India.
“Attack on Sri Lankan team
was a conspiracy against Pakistan”, he said this while talking to media
men along with Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Ejaz Butt after meeting
with him.
He lauded efforts being made by PCB and Pakistan
Hockey Federation to bring international teams into Pakistan. The team
of Afghanistan is visiting Pakistan this month, he said, adding that,
Pakistan is also hopeful for Pak-India cricket and hockey series in
future.
No compromise, he said, would be made on security of
international teams. Replying to a question, the interior minister
said, negative propaganda is being hitched against Pakistan with regard
to security.
“Tell me a single country in a world where there
is no security issue”, he questioned. No one would be allowed to
carryout attack akin to attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore,
the interior minister added. Al-Qaeda, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and
other terrorist organizations are trying their level best to alienate
Pakistan from rest of the world but they would not succeed in their
nefarious design, he claimed.
Answering to a question, he said,
talks are underway with India for cricket and hockey series between
both countries. Chairman PCB Ejaz Butt told media men that the meeting
with interior minister was aimed to discuss and finalize security
measures of international teams.
PCB is in touch with Sri
Lankan and Indian cricket boards for cricket series in future, he
added. When asked about investigation into the attack on Sri Lankan
cricket team, he said, report has been dispatched to international
cricket council and it has expressed satisfaction over the report. Online
