"New Zealand abandon Pakistan tour after 'government security alert'"
www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/58596722
Whilst not knowing any details yet, Pakistan seems to be becoming an increasingly common source of trouble.
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>> Whilst not knowing any details yet, Pakistan seems to be becoming an increasingly common source
>> of trouble.
I think its more of a case of the west being less tolerant* of its common source of trouble history, and the subsequent increased intelligence.
*Driven in part I think by the desire to bring India on side to act as a front line against Chineese expansion and influence.
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> Whilst not knowing any details yet, Pakistan seems to be becoming an increasingly common source
>> of trouble.
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Cricket teams have been on/off touring pakistan for quite a number of years. Some go, most don't. Instead Pakistan play their 'home' games in the middle east, usually the UAE. Their version of the IPL has been played there as well.
Even when teams do tour, not unknown for players to drop out citing security concerns.
This will be a personal blow to their PM seeing as you used to be a cricketer, despite all their reasurances about VIP levels of security few want to risk it, especially after this, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_attack_on_the_Sri_Lanka_national_cricket_team
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NZ Cricket tour.... - Zero
