Safety has been beefed up for the visiting Sri Lankan cricket workforce following terror assaults in Islamabad and Wana, with the island nation’s Excessive Commissioner additionally given assurance that the touring gamers are being handled as “state visitors”.
The safety subject was taken up at a gathering between the Sri Lankan Excessive Commissioner, Admiral (retired) Fred Seneviratne, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi and authorities officers in Islamabad.
Sources stated that Naqvi, who can be the Federal Minister for Inside Affairs, had earlier met officers of the Sri Lankan workforce and guaranteed them of fool-proof safety.
“Safety has been beefed up with Pakistan Military and the paramilitary rangers now deputed to observe the visiting gamers and officers,” the supply stated.
Throughout Wednesday’s assembly, the safety state of affairs was mentioned within the presence of high police officers of Islamabad.
Naqvi assured Seneviratne that the visiting workforce gamers and officers have been state visitors in Pakistan. The Excessive Commissioner, after the briefing, expressed satisfaction with the safety preparations.
Pakistan has blamed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for the phobia assaults.
On Tuesday, a suicide bomber detonated himself exterior a judicial advanced in Islamabad, killing 12 individuals and injuring scores. On the similar time, in Northern Pakistan’s Wana space, an assault on the Wana Cadet School was foiled by safety forces and round 300 college students have been safely evacuated.
Federal Minister for Data, Ata Tarar, stated if safety forces had not acted swiftly, Pakistan might have witnessed an even bigger incident just like the Peshawar college assault in 2018.
Three years again, the New Zealand workforce cancelled a white-ball sequence in Rawalpindi and returned residence with out enjoying a match after receiving intelligence details about a potential terror assault concentrating on the guests.
“That’s the reason Mohsin Naqvi personally went to the stadium and met with the visiting workforce members and guaranteed them they might be protected and safe,” the supply stated.
In March 2009, TTP terrorists had attacked the Sri Lankan workforce bus near the Gaddafi stadium, ensuing within the closure of worldwide cricket in Pakistan for almost 10 years as international groups refused to go to the nation resulting from safety issues.
Sri Lanka, after enjoying three ODIs in Rawalpindi, will then participate in a T20 triangular sequence, additionally involving Zimbabwe, from November 17 to 29.
Revealed on Nov 12, 2025