October 03 Thursday 2002
ICC development body moot in Lahore 

COLOMBO: International Cricket Council (ICC) have rescheduled their development committee meeting in Lahore on October 20-21, Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Lt General Tauqir Zia said. 

"It is a decision that is in the right direction and hopefully will lead foreign teams to resume tours to Pakistan," the PCB Chairman said on Wednesday in Colombo. 

The ICC took the decision in its executive board meeting in the Sri Lankan capital. The meeting was originally scheduled in Lahore for Oct 27 but was cancelled in July because of security concerns. Most of the top cricket board officials, including ICC chairman Malcolm Gray and chief executive Malcolm Speed, are expected to attend the two-day meeting. 

"This meeting will hopefully end the fears of foreign teams who have recently relied more on their own source of information rather than trusting the words of the Pakistan government. The foreign delegates will be provided the highest protocol and best hospitality so that they can take back the positives from here," the PCB chairman said. 
He said getting the ICC meeting back in Lahore was one of the top issues of Pakistan.