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Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Information, Ata Tarar, has dismissed the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s connection connected the deaths of 3 cricketers successful Afghanistan for its “selective”, “biased” nature.
The ICC and the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI) had connected Saturday (October 19, 2025) condoled the decease of Afghanistan cricketers successful an aerial onslaught astatine the Paktika Province without mentioning Pakistan successful their respective statements.
The governing bodies reacted aft the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) decided to retreat its squad from a tri-series successful Pakistan adjacent month.
Pakistan Cricket Board had aboriginal announced that it volition regenerate Afghanistan with Zimbabwe for the tri-series that besides involves Sri Lanka.
“We disregard and condemn this connection by the ICC, which gives the content and makes claims that 3 Afghan cricketers were killed successful Pakistan strikes,” Mr. Tarar said successful a connection connected Sunday (October 19, 2025).
“The ICC has not bothered to independently verify the claims by the Afghanistan committee and issued a connection claiming a Pakistan attack,” helium said.
The Minister said Pakistan itself had been a unfortunate of coercion for years and demanded the ICC close its statement.
“It is unusual that a fewer hours aft the ICC statement,” the Chairman of the ICC Jay Shah repeated the aforesaid words connected his societal media relationship and the Afghanistan committee followed with akin words.
“The Afghanistan committee made statements without presenting immoderate existent evidence,” helium added.
Several Afghan cricketers, including stars specified arsenic Rashid Khan and Gulbadin Naib, had condemned the aerial onslaught and the consequent deaths successful beardown connection done their societal media posts connected Saturday (October 18, 2025).
Mr. Tarar said the caller happenings, including the no-handshake occurrence successful the caller Asia Cup, could beryllium taken arsenic a biased attack towards Pakistan cricket.
“This earnestly raises questions connected the ICC’s independency and unbiased approach. An planetary sports governing assemblage should not beryllium promoting a arguable assertion yet to beryllium verified.
“The ICC should stay autarkic and debar making contentious statements connected the incitement of others,” helium said.
