Islamabad: Mar 06, 2022 (TNS): Rawalpindi: Senator Faisal Javed sees Australian squad\u2019s tour to Pakistan as revival of full scaled international cricket in the country, saying holding of the whole Pakistan Super League (PSL) in the country, paved way for foreign teams visit here.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was Prime Minister Imran Khan who said three years back that the whole PSL would be held in Pakistan and the full season was played here successfully. This paved the way for revival of international cricket,\u201d he said while talking to media persons during a visit at the Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi on Sunday.<\/p>\n
He was of the view that there was no crowd seen and stadiums were empty when PSL used to happen in UAE.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut when PSL was moved here, the stadiums were seen jam packed which is the beauty of cricket. After that teams of Marylebone Cricket Club, West Indies, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh visited here and now it was the Australian squad touring to Pakistan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis visit will have a great impact on Pakistani tourism and the journalists, officials and staff accompanying the Australian team will go back with a positive message that Pakistan is a safe country for all sports activities\u201d, he expressed.<\/p>\n
Faisal said that Australians were loving their stay here. \u201cWe all should back and promote this tour and project the soft image of Pakistan. The enemies of Pakistan absolutely don\u2019t want peace here and they try to damage Pakistan\u2019s image by doing conspiracies against our country. India can\u2019t see Pakistan progressing.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said that the Pakistani nation was the most resilient in the world. \u201cWe have seen many difficult times but we have come out of it successful and prosperous. \u201cI pray to Allah Almighty that may these good times remain forever and cricket and peace goes on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Faisal said that Pakistan was moving in the right direction as it had record remittances, tax collections, exports, ten dams are being made in ten years, health coverage was there. \u201cSo despite COVID, Pakistan has a growth of 5.37 percent. The Opposition was fearing that Prime Minister Imran Khan was succeeding in making Pakistan a great country.<\/p>\n
To a question, we need a lot of stadiums in the country. \u201cWe made stadiums in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when we had government there in our previous tenure. The whole recent domestic season was won by KP as a lot of talent came from there. Our Prime Minister has also focus in making grounds in Northern areas.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, he said the game of cricket has overshadowed all other sports. \u201cBut the government is bringing a comprehensive sports policy after which things will be streamlined,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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