Pakistan to send security team to India ahead of World T20

March 04, 2016 19:37

Concerned by fresh protests, Pakistan government has decided to send a security team to assess the situation in India before taking a final call on the team's participation in the upcoming T20 World Cup.

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shaharyar Khan told PTI that the country's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had issued instructions to its Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali to "send a security team to India to carry out an assessment" into the security to be provided to the Pakistan team.

"The situation now is that only after this security team gives the okay can we send the team to India," Shaharyar said. "The government has given us clearance to play in the World T20 but after the security concerns surrounding the Pakistan and India match in Dharamsala a report was given to the Prime Minister," Shaharyar added.

A statement from the PM secretariat today also said that Pakistan's participation in the World T20 hinges on a clearance report by the security team.

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