A nine-member security team flew for Pakistan yesterday to evaluate the security arrangements ahead of Bangladesh's proposed tour in April.

The team comprises of two officials each from the Sports and Home Ministries, one Police official, the BCB president AHM Mustafa Kamal, director GS Hasan Tamim, acting CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury and head of the board's security com-mittee Imtiaz Ahmed Shamsul Huda.

“This team will evaluate everything regarding security issues before returning home on March 5 to prepare a report,” said Nizam Uddin Chowdhury from Dubai.

The BCB had promised to send a security team when Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) president Zaka Ashraf visited Dhaka December last year. The PCB are desperately looking to revive international

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cricket in their country through Bangladesh's visit but everything will depend on the report of the security team.

Pakistani cricket has suffered a dearth of international tours to the country since 2009 after an attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore.