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Sri Lankan Cricket team stays in Pakistan
Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi stated that Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir facilitated talks, convincing Sri Lanka's cricket team to continue their tour despite concerns following a suicide bombing. The team initially planned to return home after the incident.
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He recalled that the Sri Lankan team yesterday "decided to return after the bomb blast occurred"."Our interaction with them began [...] their board, players and everyone decided with great bravery to stay here," the PCB chairman added."They had many concerns, but we tried to allay all of those," Naqvi said, highlighting that Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake spoke with his country's team to convince…
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