No sale of tickets on match days

Published March 4, 2004

LAHORE, March 3: All the gates of each stadia would be closed an hour before the start of every One-day match between Pakistan and India. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting held on Wednesday.

It has been decided that the bomb disposal squads would check the entire stadium before the start of the match and also in between. On the PCB request, the number of security officials have been increased at the gates.

The policemen will also be guarding the Indian team routeto the stadium. It has also been decided the commandos of the Elite Force would be deployed in good number. The PCB officials apprised the meetingthatit had already been decided not to sell tickets on the match-day.

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