Islamabad -UNS: Pakistan on Sunday condemned the Internationalcricketers’ ouncil’s (ICC) recent statements, describing them as selective, biased, and premature, and warning that such narratives risk politicising the sport and undermining trust in global cricket governance.
“Pakistan, a prime victim of cross-border terrorism, rejects the ICC’s selective, biased and premature comment that advances a disputed allegation, as established, that three ‘Afghan cricketers’ died in an ‘airstrike’,” Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ataullah Tarar said in an X post.
“The ICC has cited no independent verification to substantiate these claims,” the minister said, adding, “Pakistan strongly rejects the characterisation and contests the ICC’s claim and calls for immediate correction.”
“We also note a troubling pattern of amplification without any attempts at evidence gathering.
“Within hours of the ICC release, its Chair, Jay Shah, publicly echoed the same claim on X, and the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) then posted a statement on the same lines, explicitly invoking the ICC’s claim rather than providing details or proof.”
