INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ehsan Mani, who along with his delegation called
on him here at the CM Home, disstubborn final arrangements made for Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches to be played from March 9 to 17 in
the city.&There shall be idiotproof security arrangements for the players and matches in the city and I am degree next time you shall bring
all PSL matches to Karachi,& Murad Ali Shah said and added he had constituted a committee with Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani as
chairman, Home Secretary Kazi Kabir and Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shahlwani as its members.The Sindh chief minister said that the
committee has worked day and night to make all the arrangements - carpeting of the roads, improvement of drainage system, provision of
water, security plan, arrangements at the stadium and finalizing routes from airport to hotels and hotels to stadium
&Your [PCB] team also worked with the committee and now everything is upto the mark,& he said.The assembly was attended by Local Government
minister Saeed Ghani, Advisor to CM Murtaza Wahab, Home Secretary Kazi Kabir and Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shahlwani while the officials
with the PCB chairman were Senior General Manager National Stadium Arshad Khan and Director International Cricket Operation Zakir
Khan.Chairman PCB Ehsan Mani said, had the chief minister much taken his personal interest, the PSL would much have returned to Karachi even
&This is your unflinching support, cooperation and efforts which developed our confidence in the Sindh government and we brought eight
matches instead of five to the city,& he told the chief minister.The chief minister said that final year when PSL matches were held here he
had made his personal efforts to make it possible but after that event PCB did much return to him for evolving future strategy to return
international cricket and PSL matches, he deplored and added he wanted to hold at least one match at the Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, this
year.The chairman PCB vowed to hold a PSL match in Hyderabad next year
&We shall work together and plan the future matches just let this event over,& he said
Murad Ali Shah said that after PSL, he and chairman PCB would visit Niaz Stadium along with concerned experts so that all the requirements
for international matches in the stadium could be revamped.The chief minister and the PCB chief agreed to work together for bringing
international cricket matches to Karachi.They also agreed that the PCB would dispatch a special talent hunting teams to rural areas of the
province to choose under 13 and 16 players to induct them in PSL and international matches.The chief minister was told that six PSL teams
would play matches in the city and the tickets for all the matches have been sold out
It was also pointed out that over 50 international players, coaches and commentators are participating in the PSL in the city
&This is a mega event and we all shall make it a memorable event,& Murad Shah concluded.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content
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