Security has been tightened around the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan after a deadly suicide bombing rocked Islamabad on Tuesday, killing 12 people and injuring several others. The blast, which occurred outside a judicial complex in the capital, has heightened concerns as Sri Lanka continue their limited-overs tour in the country.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Sources told PTI that Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who also serves as the Federal Minister for Interior, personally met Sri Lankan officials and players to reassure them of “fool-proof security” arrangements. Naqvi visited the stadium on Tuesday to oversee security measures and brief the team about additional steps taken following the attack.
“Security has been beefed up with Pakistan Army and the paramilitary Rangers now deputed to monitor safety for the visiting players and officials,” a PCB source confirmed.Pakistan’s Interior Ministry has indirectly blamed Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government for allowing the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to operate from its soil. The tensions between the two neighbours have escalated after failed peace talks in Doha and recent military operations by Pakistan in Afghan border areas said to house TTP camps.The Sri Lankan team is currently playing a three-match ODI series in Rawalpindi, where Pakistan took a 1-0 lead after a thrilling six-run win on Tuesday. Sri Lanka will later participate in a T20 tri-series featuring Zimbabwe from November 17 to 29.The 2009 Lahore terror attack on the Sri Lankan team remains a painful memory — one Pakistan’s authorities are determined not to let repeat.
