Pak Govt won't stop cricketers from participating in IPL: PCB
Islamabad:The Pakistan Government has assured the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt that it would not object to Pakistani players participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL) next year. "I have also spoken to the government
which has verbally assured me it will not stop our players to go and play in the
IPL if they got contracts from franchises," the Daily Times quoted Butt, as saying.
Ijaz said that he had told IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi about this, and that he
would ensure maximum participation from Pakistan in the IPL. "I also conveyed
this to Modi and for this. I had a fruitful discussion with Lalit on the exact
status of participation of Pakistan players in the IPL," Butt added.
