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New Zealand tour cancellation on security grounds is unfounded: Sheikh Rasheed

New Zealand tour cancellation on security grounds is unfounded: Sheikh Rasheed
September 18, 2021 Web Desk

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed has said that the cancellation of Pakistan tour by the New Zealand team on security grounds is unfounded.

In a tweet on Saturday, he said that the US-led the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and diplomatic staff of embassies in Kabul preferred Pakistan for evacuation.

"Islamabad hosted them in hotels. Let us not make sports scapegoats for anti-Pakistan international agendas," he added.

On Friday, the New Zealand cricket team had cancelled the tour over security threats.