http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javed-Miandad-c66580 backs PCB in Gaddafi stadium wall dispute – Cricket News Update
Javed Miandad, legendary Pakistan batsman, and former skipper of the national team, has backed the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board’s stance on the dispute which arose between the board and the Town Municipal Administration (TMA) Gulberg over an erased wall in the
Gaddafi stadium, Lahore.
“PCB is doing its best to improve the security of its stadiums in the country and the prime objective of building an outer wall of the Gaddafi stadium aims at strengthening the security arrangements and to provide extra protection to the arena,” Miandad
pointed out.
“There is a dire need to beef up security at this world famous arena as [having] the best security arrangements would send a positive message to the world.”
The stadium, which was established in 1959, and renovated in 1995-96 for the 1996 World Cup, is the largest in Pakistan, with a capacity for seating up to 60,000 spectators. However, the venue came under the shadow of controversy in 2009, when the touring
Sri Lankan team, on their way to the stadium in question, became the victims of a terrorist attack, which left 6 players and ..... 2 staff members
from the visiting team injured.
The attacks brought the security situation in the country under doubt, and the Men In Green have been unable to host international cricketing events since then. Recent efforts by the PCB to encourage a safer, more positive image of Pakistan have involved
reviewing the security situation of the venues in the country.
The stadium recently made its way into the news after a wall constructed by the PCB for security purposes was demolished by the TMA on grounds of it being an illegal construction. The matter made it into the court, with the board stressing that such acts
brought the country into further disrepute as far as security was concerned.
Miandad, who incidentally enjoyed a memorable fifth-wicket stand of 281 with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in 1976, slammed the action of the TMA, reiterating the PCB’s statement that such actions projected a
negative image of the country, and did nothing to improve the chances of bringing international cricket back to Pakistan.
“There is no need to jeopardise such efforts because it will send a negative message to the world regarding state of cricket in Pakistan,” he said.
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