Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Data, Ataullah Tarar has dismissed the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC)’s assertion on the deaths of three cricketers in Afghanistan for its “selective”, “biased” nature.
The ICC and the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) had on Saturday condoled the demise of Afghanistan cricketers in an aerial assault within the Paktika Province with out mentioning Pakistan of their respective statements.
The governing our bodies reacted after the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) determined to withdraw its staff from a tri-series in Pakistan subsequent month.
Pakistan Cricket Board had later introduced that it is going to exchange Afghanistan with Zimbabwe for the tri-series that additionally includes Sri Lanka.
“We dismiss and condemn this assertion by the ICC which gives the look and makes claims that three Afghan cricketers have been killed in Pakistan strikes,” Tarar stated in an announcement on Sunday.
“The ICC has not bothered to independently confirm the claims by the Afghanistan board and issued an announcement claiming a Pakistan assault,” he stated.
PAKISTAN SEEKS EVIDENCE
The minister stated Pakistan itself had been a sufferer of terrorism for years and demanded the ICC right its assertion.
“It’s unusual that a number of hours after the ICC assertion, the Chairman of the ICC Jay Shah repeated the identical phrases on his social media account and the Afghanistan board adopted with related phrases.
“The Afghanistan board made statements with out presenting any actual proof,” he added.
A number of Afghan cricketers, together with stars comparable to Rashid Khan and Gulbadin Naib, had condemned the aerial assault and the following deaths in robust language by their social media posts on Saturday.
Tarar stated the current happenings, together with the no-handshake episode within the current Asia Cup, could possibly be taken as a biased method in the direction of Pakistan cricket.
“This severely raises questions on the ICC’s independence and unbiased method. A world sports activities governing physique shouldn’t be selling a controversial declare but to be verified.
“The ICC ought to stay unbiased and keep away from making contentious statements on the incitement of others,” he stated.
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