| Pakistan Cricket Board is leaving no stone unturn to | | | | Karachi will also host the Castrol Annual Cricket |
| make the forthcoming 2008 Asia Cup Tournament a | | | | Awards either on June 27 or 28, in almost all the |
| huge and successful event. They want to prove a | | | | senior cricket players including Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul |
| point - despite previous security concerns the | | | | Dravid and Sourav Ganguly are expected to |
| country has faced due to various terrorist activities, | | | | attend.The trio, however are not there in the Indian |
| including the recent Embassy bomb blast in the | | | | squad for the Asia Cup 2008 due to injuries. |
| Capital city, Pakistan want to prove that the country | | | | Before the Asia Cup, the ICC will also launch the |
| is a safe venue for hosting major international | | | | 2008 Champions Trophy with the logo unveiling |
| tournaments.This is the first time Pakistan will be | | | | ceremony on June 18 in Lahore with ICC's acting |
| hosting the 2008 Asia Cup in a country where cricket | | | | chief executive Dave Richardson holding a press |
| is not simply a game, instead it is believed and | | | | conference in the city.Pakistan will host the |
| followed religiously by the mass. Definitely this is a | | | | Champions trophy from September 11 in Karachi, |
| great opportunity for Pakistan to make it clear to the | | | | Lahoreand Rawalpindi and the tournament involves all |
| world that it can host such big event inspite of | | | | the major cricketing nations of the world - Australia, |
| various difficulties it is facing at the home front. The | | | | South Africa, India, England, Pakistan, New Zealand, |
| Asia Cup will be hosted in Pakistan from June 24 to | | | | Sri Lanka and the West Indies. |
| July 6 and it has invited many senior delegates of | | | | All the above factors clearly shows that Pakistan is |
| some several nations to attend special ceremonies | | | | the right choice for the venue of 2008 Asia Cup |
| including a seminar on cricket and the silver jubilee | | | | Cricket Tournament and the event will be a |
| celebrations of the Asian Cricket Council here. | | | | successful international event in world cricket history. |