Looks like Zakir Hussain Syed is a ISI agent or something. Basically its a slap on Dalmya’s face.
So they were afraid of playing with our cricket team and now they are afraid of officials too ![]()
India refuses visa to Pak officials for ACC meet
AFP THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2002 09:05:03 PM ]
KARACHI: A Pakistan delegate said he was refused an Indian visa on Thursday to attend an Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Development Committee meeting in Kolkata this month.
“The Indian High Commission told me that I am not cleared by their home ministry and this means I can’t attend the ACC Development Committee meeting in Kolkata on December 28 and 29,” ACC Development Manager Zakir Hussain Syed said.
“It’s disappointing because I have never been refused a visa earlier and I don’t see any political link to it.”
President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Jagmohan Dalmiya, who is also president of the ACC’s financial wing, was due to chair the meeting.
“I had submitted the visa request with Dalmiya’s invitation on December 13 but today I was told I am not cleared,” Syed said.
Syed said the Kolkata meeting was due to discuss important matters such as the finalising of the ACC budget and details of its development programme.
“The ACC has to deliver a budget to the International Cricket Council to get the money and putting off the meeting would delay the matters.”
The ICC has allocated a budget of $6.5 million for the ACC to complete its development programme.
“This amount is to be spent on the development of the game among the associate and affiliate member countries like the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia,” he said.