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India-Pakistan match venue: Petition in Karachi court
Sunday March 27, 2011 01:53:07 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad/New Delhi: A
petition has been filed in a Karachi court seeking that the
India-Pakistan World Cup semi-final match be shifted out of India to
a third country as it feared for the safety of the team if Pakistan
defeats India.
Advocate Abid Hassan, in his petition at the Sindh High Court in
Karachi, also claimed that Indian politician and Shiv Sena leader
Bal Thackeray has threatened to attack the Pakistani players if they
win, Geo News reported Sunday.
Hassan said he feared that if Pakistan defeated India, it could
trigger riots.
However, a spokesperson of the Shiv Sena denied that Thackeray has
issued such a threat and termed it "baseless".
Hassan urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the International
Cricket Council (ICC) to change the venue of Wednesday's match from
Mohali, in India's Punjab state, to Sri Lanka or Dubai.
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has accepted an
invitation from his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh to watch the
semi-final March 30.
Gilani will "informally" meet Manmohan Singh during the match and a
formal meeting will be held after the match in which bilateral
matters will be discussed, official sources said.
Officials of Pakistan's sports ministry and the Pakistan Cricket
Board (PCB) will also attend the match.
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