Re: Australia unlikely to tour Pakistan
Disappointments of cricket fans aside (and I am one), this is perhaps the right decision. The two bomb blasts in Lahore yesterday are a terrible reminder that Pakistani security agencies need to step up law enforcement significantly, before our major cities are considered safe for travel by high profile foreign teams. Extremely sad day for Pakistani cricket. But to keep things in perspective, my deepest sympathies are with all those who lost their lives or got injured in the terrible and senseless bombings that are happening all over Pakistan. May Allah protect all of us! Ameen.
Yes we should beef up security to protect our citizens from these fanatics but there is little one can do if a nutcase decides to ram his explosive-laden bike or car into a military or police truck or straight thru the gates of one of the buildings and blows himself up in the process. People who are brain-washed to such an extent that they are prepared to commit suicide bombings A, need help & B, are almost impossible to stop