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`Liberal visas' for cricket lovers

By B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD, FEB. 18. There is good news for the cricket-lovers in India. Pakistan has decided to take a "liberal view" of the requests seeking visas to watch the India-Pakistan matches in March/April.

The Pakistan Foreign Secretary, Riaz Khokar, conveyed this to his Indian counterpart, Shahank, here today.

Though there is no category of tourist visas between the two countries, one idea under consideration is to issue visa to everyone who is in possession of a ticket sold by the Pakistan Cricket Board and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Mr. Khokar told Mr. Shashank that Pakistan looked forward to the event.

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