Is Pakistan ready for International cricket?
Pakistan is hosting Bangladesh for a couple of limited overs game at the end of this month
Devashish Fuloria
25-Feb-2013
Pakistan is hosting Bangladesh for a couple of limited overs game at the end of this month. The return of international cricket in Pakistan has been welcomed by the PCB and the players alike while the need for adequate security arrangements has been stressed. However, Hassan Cheema in The Dawn argues if it is really worth the risk.
Surely, the proposals for international teams and players to tour Pakistan should come when we have reached a semblance of normalcy and peace. Instead we have decided to assume our existing state as normalcy. What do we have to gain from a tour? An improvement in the image of the country? For the sake of what? A probable attack and the loss of lives for guests of this country? We are told that they’ll be provided maximum security: this, a country which couldn’t protect its most popular leader and the governor of the largest province (in addition to many other parliamentarians and mere plebs whose lives apparently count for less) in the past five years alone. The reluctance of many to visit Pakistan may have something to do with how much they value their lives – rather than a vast conspiracy by the BCCI.
Devashish Fuloria is a sub-editor with ESPNcricinfo