IPL auction: Pakistani players ignored

[narkumar]

@dormant

All I was arguing was that hosting of worldcup is taken away from Pakistan because of security concern, but there are also security concerns for Pakistanis in many venues in India…, major potential threats from MNS , Shiv Sena type people in Mumbai…, this instance also prooves Indian authorities are unwilling to ensure safety of Pakistani Players either out of their inability or out of their bias…, whatever the reason based on this premise of differential security provision towards pakistan I believe our board has a strong case to pressure moving the worldcup final out of India

Please read the following from Dawn :

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](http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-gates-warns-of-militant-havens-ahead-of-pakistan-visit-ss-02)'No guarantee against repeat of Mumbai-like attacks](http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-gates-warns-of-militant-havens-ahead-of-pakistan-visit-ss-02)[ISLAMABAD: The government said on Thursday it could not guarantee against repeat of 26/11 like attacks in India and the best safeguard against such strikes was de-linking of peace process from action against terrorism and the resolution of Kashmir and water disputes.

“Pakistan is itself facing Mumbai-like attacks almost every other day and when we cannot protect our own citizens, how can we guarantee that there wouldn’t be any more terrorist hits in India,” Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani was quoted by a source as having told the visiting US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates, who called on him. Pakistan suffered its worst year of terrorist violence last year, with more than 3,000 people killed.

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What can Pakistan say to others about security when it cannot guarantee a repeat of the 26 November 2008 Attack by Pakistani Terrorists, of course Non-State Actors, when it cannot guarantee protection of its own citizens in Pakistan from attacks by Pakistani Non-State Actors.

I would like Pakistanis in General and the PCB in Particular to Firmly State Unequivocally that Pakistan will have nothing to do with India in terms of “Cross Border” Trade, Sport, Arts, Entertainment, Tourism and not even have Pakistani Sport, Arts, Entertainment etc. Teams to interact with their Indian Counterparts even at Neutral Venues.

That will ensure that India understands the Pakistani perceived “Hurt and Insult” to Pakistan’s Honour & Dignity.

I would clarify that the IPL episode is, in my opinion, an ordinary commercial decision and in no way meant to Hurt and Insult Pakistan’s Honour and Dignity.