New Delhi, Aug 2: The Bilawal Bhutto-led committee, appointed by Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, will meet on Thursday to decide on the country’s participation in the ODI World Cup in India, starting from October 5.
The committee, led by Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Minister and the chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, also includes Sports Minister Ahsan Mazari, Maryam Aurangzeb, Asad Mahmood, Amin ul Haq, Qamar Zaman Kaira, and Tariq Fatmi, a former diplomat.
They are expected to ask the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the hosts, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), to permit a security delegation to visit the venues, where the Pakistan team will play, a Cricbuzz report stated.
“A high-profile meeting will decide on the World Cup participation,” a top PCB official was quoted as saying.
