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Dhaka High Court postpones Bangladesh's cricket tour to Pakistan
Thursday April 19, 2012 06:50:38 PM,
IANS
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Dhaka: The Pakistan
Cricket Board (PCB) suffered a huge set-back Thursday when, citing
security concerns, the Dhaka High Court ordered the Bangladesh
Cricket Board (BCB) to postpone by four weeks the national team's
tour to Pakistan slated to start next week.
The court delivered the order on a writ petition filed Thursday
morning by a university teacher and a Supreme Court lawyer. The
petitioners challenged BCB's decision to send the team at the end
of April for a three-day tour. They cited security concerns for
their injunction plea.
"The ICC asked for a security plan from PCB. They have still not
given it. Pakistan is not safe for any foreign team now. Their own
media says so. For that reason, no country agrees to play there.
Under the same circumstances, we should not go there also," said
Hasan Azim, one of the lawyers for the petitioners.
The court also asked the sports secretary, the National Sports
Council chief and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief Mustafa
Kamal to explain why the decision for the tour was taken.
Bangladesh are scheduled to play a one-day game and a Twenty20
match at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on April 29 and 30,
respectively. They will be the first international cricket team to
tour Pakistan since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team
in Lahore.
For the last three years, Pakistan has been a no-go zone for
international teams and they had to play most of their home
matches at neutral venues, mostly in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
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