Sethi approached PM Shehbaz over the matter of hosting PSL matches in Punjab as per schedule.
PSL 2023: PCB to hold Lahore, Pindi matches as scheduled. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Management Committee chairman Najam Sethi has announced that the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 8 matches scheduled for Lahore and Rawalpindi would be played as per planned.
Sethi, taking to the microblogging platform Twitter, shared on Sunday that Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi had agreed to share the cost of lighting routes.
“Good news: CM Punjab Mohsin Naqvi Saheb has been kind enough to agree to share cost of lighting routes during PSL matches in Lahore. PSL8 matches in Lahore and Pindi shall continue as scheduled,” he tweeted.
Earlier today, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif — who is also a patron of the PCB —assured the PCB of his ‘full support’ as the deadlock between the cricket body and the Punjab government persisted.
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Sethi approached PM Shehbaz over the matter of hosting PSL matches in Punjab as per schedule.
According to sources, during his conversation with PM Shehbaz, Sethi reiterated that the PCB won’t pay the additional cost for security arrangements. He added that if the demand is not withdrawn by the Punjab government, the PCB would be forced to shift matches to Karachi.
It must be noted that the PCB and the PSL franchises unanimously decided Friday not to pay an additional cost of Rs450m to the Punjab government.
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