ISLAMABAD: British High Commissioner (HC) to Pakistan Christian Turner on Tuesday said that Pakistan was a safe country as we were all feeling safe and secure here and English Cricket team would visit Pakistan in next year.
Talking to a private news channel, Turner said that it was a sad day for all of us as English cricket team had cancel the tour to Pakistan.
To a question, he said that it was the decision of England Cricket Board (ECB) not of the government .
ECB was an independent institute he said, adding “I personally appreciated the Pakistani team for visiting to UK in the wave of Covid-19 ”
“We are all upset due to the this decision because cricket is also in our blood, ” he said.
“I assured that next year English team will visit Pakistan and we will work for it” he added.
He said he did a good work for English team visit to Pakistan and being a ambassador his duty was to bring the both nation on a same page.
After the cancellation of tour of black cap, the English players showed the concern about the visit, he added.