Daijiworld Media Network – Islamabad

Islamabad, Oct 19: Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Information, Ata Tarar, has strongly criticised the International Cricket Council (ICC) for what he termed as a “selective and biased” statement regarding the deaths of three Afghan cricketers in an aerial attack in Afghanistan’s Paktika Province.

The ICC and India’s Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had on Saturday expressed condolences without mentioning Pakistan, after the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced its withdrawal from a tri-series scheduled in Pakistan next month.

Following the withdrawal, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed that Zimbabwe would replace Afghanistan in the series that also involves Sri Lanka.

“We dismiss and condemn this statement by the ICC, whic

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