LAHORE: The upcoming tour of West Indies cricket team is definitely a major development for the future of Pakistan cricket; Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan said this in a statement on Thursday.
Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan said “The tour of Caribbean cricket team will obviously play a major role in restoring confidence of other top cricketing nations. We are quite confident that other leading cricket teams will also tour Pakistan in near future after the forthcoming key tour,” he added.
Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan further said international cricket has now literally been revived. “Pakistan hosted several international sports events including tours Zimbabwe cricket team besides hockey and cricket World XI trips during the last couple of years. Numerous top cricketers also appeared in PSL matches played in Pakistan in 2017 and 2018,” he informed.
Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan said: “Punjab govt had a notable role in organizing all these international sports events. Top level security and administrative arrangements including temporary hospital, blood bank and floodlight parking etc were made by the Punjab govt to conduct these international sports events smoothly,” he elaborated.
“Sports Board Punjab will continue to extend every kind of assistance in future for the holding of international sports events in all parts of the province,” said Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan.