Cricket venues in Pakistan have been below building for a very long time.© X (previously Twitter)
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday restricted the entry and motion of the mainstream and digital media at its stadiums in Karachi and Lahore that are below building forward of the ICC Champions Trophy. The PCB is in a scramble to finish the renovation work of the stadiums forward of subsequent month’s Champions Trophy. The media will now solely be allowed to go to stadiums on a set day through the week after they can tour the venue and make movies within the presence of PCB media representatives.
“It has develop into irritating for us the way in which some persons are continually going to the stadiums with out permission and filming or speaking about minor problems with building work and presenting their views on preparations for the mega occasion,” an insider within the board stated.
He stated the choice to limit the entry and motion of media on the stadiums was taken as a result of “these conflicting studies are being picked up by the worldwide media” and giving an impression that the nation isn’t able to host the Champions Trophy.
The Nationwide Stadium in Karachi is scheduled to play host to the opening match of the match between Pakistan and New Zealand on February 19.
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