Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 12:39pm on 19 Oct 2025,Sunday Sports
Pakistan's Federal Information Minister Ata Tarar condemned the ICC's statement on three Afghan cricketers' deaths, calling it "selective" and "biased." The ICC and BCCI condoled the deaths from an aerial attack in Paktika Province without mentioning Pakistan. Tarar dismissed claims of Pakistani strikes, stating the ICC failed to independently verify Afghanistan Cricket Board's allegations. Pakistan Cricket Board replaced Afghanistan with Zimbabwe for next month's tri-series with Sri Lanka after ACB withdrew. Tarar emphasized Pakistan has been a terrorism victim and demanded the ICC correct its statement. He questioned ICC's independence, citing ICC Chairman Jay Shah's similar social media post and recent Asia Cup no-handshake incident as evidence of bias against Pakistani cricket.
