Pakistani cricket chiefs yesterday approved the purchase of bulletproof buses as part of efforts to persuade foreign teams to return after a long suspension over security fears
No international team has played in Pakistan since the March 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team bus in Lahore, which left eight people dead and seven visiting players wounded.
But the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hopes internationals could be revived as early as next year following the successful staging of two exhibition matches in Karachi involving an International World XI in Karachi at the weekend.
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The PCB governing board met in Abbottabad to agree to buy the armoured transport.
“To ensure best security protocols for the international teams, the board unanimously approved the purchase of bulletproof buses to enable the PCB to achieve higher security measures for the visiting teams,” a PCB release said.
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