India to issue 3,000 visas to Pak cricket fans
India will issue a record 3,000 visas to Pak cricket fans for Pak-India series next month.
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is to issue a record 3,000 visas to Pakistani cricket fans attending a series of limited over matches beginning next month, an official in the interior ministry said Thursday.
"We will happily host 3,000 Pakistani cricket lovers for the matches. This is the first time that we have decided to issue so many visas in one go," the source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India in October invited Pakistan to play three one-dayers and two Twenty20 matches in December-January.
The rivals have not played a series since Pakistan’s tour of India in 2007, after cricket ties were snapped following the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai.
The Indian and Pakistani cricket teams have only met in international tournaments since 2007.
They clashed in the ODI World Cup semi-final in the northern Indian town of Mohali last year, a match that was attended by both countries’ prime ministers.
