As a cricket lover, it is an excellent news for me. I will get to watch an truly entertaining (Inshallah) and somewhat important game of cricket, IN PAKISTAN!! FINALLY!!
People, the international media will get to see how crazy and excited we are about our cricket, how colorfull the city is and will help us show the brighter side of our country. I hope we will present an excellent one, set an example.
However, looking at the bigger picture, there are some very very serious concerns. If it really that HUGE?
is it all worth the risk? Do you think that a PSL (PAKISTAN super league) final in Lahore will be enough to convince Australia or South Africa or England or any other team for that matter that every thing is cool and calm here in Pakistan (despite the bullet proof buses we will carry the teams in and all locked down shops and streets as if it is a curfew) and that they should come and play here, bringing back true international cricket? I dont think so!!! On other hand if anything goes wrong (God Forbade) even slightly it will be BYE BYE cricket for decades (not to mention the loss other than cricket which will be HUGE and tragic). It is just like that Zimbabwe tour. With Zimbabwe visiting Pakistan (with all due respect to the country and its people) it was never going to be enough of a certificate to convince Australians or the English to come and play here as well. However a small blast OUTSIDE the ground (that was actually prevented to cause any major problem since the guy was checked) irrelevant to the match was
what made the headlines!
Most importantly, my point is that we are conducting an operation country wide, we are fighting terrorism since years and are hopefully at the last stage of uprooting this evil for good. A wait for two three more years wont hurt that much. We should not have risked it all for such little (relatively) reward.
This is all a personal opinion and anyone may disagree!
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