Re: Final ODI switched to Lahore
I think we all understand and appreciate that ordinary Karachiites (or Karachi wallahs) have nothing to do with terrorism (and are least interesting in scaring visiting cricket teams). However, the fact is that a terrorist just killed 130+ people in one bomb blast a few days ago. Political subtilites aside, one point that is blantantly obvious is that when you have a huge crowd of people (be it BB rally or a jam-packed cricket game) providing 100% security guarantee is IMPOSSIBLE. All you need is one sufficiently deranged person to make a point in National Stadium Karachi, and the whole country goes into further crisis.
I am from Lahore, and while I'd hate for Lahoris to miss out a great game, but if such a blantant terrorist attack had just taken place there, my own comfort level about any kind of security guarantees will be non-existent. Thing is Pakistan is going through a huge issue with violent clashes between people of diverse ideologies. No one wants to be caught in this cross-fire. 130+ innocent people have died a few days ago, just being in that rally. Unless we control the bigger issue, just lamblasting visiting teams is not going to help.