KARACHI, Oct 4: The Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) staged a peaceful three-hour demonstration to express its anguish over Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s discrimination against the talented cricketers of the country’s largest city.

The protesters, comprising cricketers and officials of various clubs affiliated with the KCCA, went on a round of the city’s newspapers’ offices, Karachi Press Club carrying placards and banners.

They burnt cricket kits to express their sentiment at PCB’s stance of ignoring Karachi’s deserving cricketers. They were of the view that the PCB had deliberately decided to deprive Karachi and Lahore of their rightful status by allowing just one team instead of three from each city in the national competitions.

The speakers pointed out that Karachi was the backbone of Pakistan cricket and not allowing its cricketers exposure at the national level was injustice of the worst kind.

The protesters particularly stressed the great injustice being meted out to Saeed bin Nasir, Naumanullah, Shadab Kabir, Hasan Raza, Khurram Manzoor and Faraz Patel.

They further expressed their displeasure at PCB’s indifferent attitude to keep away the likes of Shahid Afridi and Moin Khan from the Pakistan team, especially when Rashid Latif was unavailable.

They demanded of the PCB to immediately restore three team each from Karachi and Lahore because they are the two biggest nurseries of national cricket.

The protesters were critical of the vicious anti-Karachi elements within the city who constantly keep giving PCB chairman the impression that the KCCA is the real enemy of Karachi cricket which is certainly not the case.

The speakers vowed to continue their struggle in every nook and corner of Karachi until their demands were accepted by the PCB.