LAHORE: The Commonwealth cricket team, which is touring India and Ceylon during the coming cold weather, will also visit Pakistan and play five matches, including one “unofficial” Test at Lahore against Pakistan… . A spokesman of the Pakistan Cricket Control Board told the press that on special invitation two representatives of Pakistan … had gone to attend the annual general meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India in connection with the itinerary of the Commonwealth team’s tour.

… It will be recalled that the Pakistan Cricket Control Board refused to accept the provisional itinerary prepared by the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India as in the former’s view the Indian Board had no right to arrange fixtures on behalf of the Pakistan Board without their previous consent, as Pakistan is an independent country. — News agencies

[Meanwhile, according to a staff correspondent in Karachi,] … Wednesday’s [Aug 3] rainfall brought universal distress to Karachi citizens. Muhajir settlements were most affected. … The drainage system of the city could not keep pace with the downpour… .

Published in Dawn, August 4th, 2024