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KARACHI: The former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Khalid Mahmood has hit out on the authorities’s determination to type a high-level committee to resolve on the nationwide cricket workforce’s participation within the 2023 ODI World Cup in India.
Mahmood, in whose tenure Pakistan made a full tour of India in 1999 and who himself visited the neighbouring nation in 1989 as supervisor of the junior workforce, stated it made no sense to type this committee.
“The interesting thing is that no representative of the main stakeholder, the Pakistan Cricket Board is on the committee,” Mahmood stated in an interview.
He cautioned that this was not the time to hyperlink Pakistan’s participation within the World Cup to the Asia Cup being held in Pakistan.
“While I agree that there is no justification for India not to tour Pakistan now but this is not the way things are done at the international level.”
Mahmood stated by forming this committee of ministers, the federal government had itself contradicted its coverage of not mixing politics with sports activities.

“If you say that we are looking at security situation before deciding to send team to India, that makes sense, but to say openly that if India doesn’t come to Pakistan then we will also not send team to India for World Cup, is mixing both things, which we have never done.”

Mahmood additionally questioned the necessity for the deep involvement of the federal government within the PCB affairs and on whether or not to ship the workforce for the World Cup.
“When I was chairman in 1999, despite threats from India, we assessed the security situation for our team ourselves, by sending a delegation to India and advised the government we were willing to go to India.”
He stated the smart factor to do now was to make sure the Pakistan workforce took half within the mega occasion or it may find yourself dealing with sanctions and likewise relations with different boards could be soured.
Mahmood stated no matter determination Najam Sethi had taken as chairman of the Cricket Management Committee on the Asia Cup needs to be honoured now.
“I expect Zaka Ashraf to face an uncomfortable situation, when he attends the ICC meetings later this week, because of the formation of this committee and the statement made by minister, Ahsan Mazari.”