Sri Lanka to continue cricket tour of Pakistan despite players raising security concerns Updated 17 mins ago Sri Lanka Cricket has directed its national team to continue its tour to Pakistan despite several players wanting to leave because of safety concerns. A suicide bomber detonated explosives and killed 12 people outside a court in Islamabad on Tuesday, hours before Sri Lanka’s one-day cricket international against Pakistan in Rawalpindi. Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who is also interior minister in the government, assured the visiting team of strong security during his meeting with the Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Islamabad on Wednesday. Managers of both the Sri Lanka and Pakistan cricket teams and top security officials attended the session.

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