Imran Khan Fears Trouble Ahead For Pakistan Cricket
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 11:19 am Under Sports News 9 views
KARACHI: Cricket legend Imran Khan Monday said he feared more trouble for Pakistan cricket after the Champions Trophy postponement, saying the wrong people who are destroying everything run the country.
“The postponement of Champions Trophy is a body blow to Pakistan but since the country is run by wrong people I see more trouble for cricket in the country,” he told a foreign newsagency.
On Sunday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) put off September’s Champions Trophy until next year after South Africa pulled out and Australia, New Zealand and England were due to follow suit.
The four nations were reluctant to tour Pakistan over security fears after a series of blasts in the past month and political instability in the wake of president Pervez Musharraf’s resignation.
The ICC said Pakistan keeps the right to host the event, possibly in October next year, but Khan believed the present government would not be able to improve the situation in the country.
“The event is postponed until next year but if the current government — trying to outdo Musharraf — stays I fear the situation could worsen rather than improve,” said Khan, who now heads his own political party — Tehrik-e-Insaaf (Movement for Justice).
Khan, a die-hard critic of Musharraf, blamed the military ruler for the current scenario.
“It is not that we should not fight terrorism, but the way Musharraf led us into the war on terror by using gunship helicopters against our own people was fatal because as a blow-back peace, the economy and cricket have become casualties,” he said.
Khan, who led Pakistan to their only World Cup title in 1992, said foreign teams’ reluctance to tour over security was understandable.
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