PCB demands written guarantee from India for T20 World Cup
Sports
March 1, 2021
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani on Sunday said that the Board has asked International Cricket Council (ICC) that they need written confirmation that their players, fans and journalists would be issued visas for the ICC T20 World Cup which India is supposed to host in October this year.
“I have told the PCB Board of Governors that we have asked the ICC that we need written confirmation that our players, fans and journalists in particular will be issued visas. I have already taken up this issue with the ICC and tomorrow I have a virtual meeting with the world body and will raise this again,” Mani told a news conference here at a hotel on Sunday.
CM’s Corona Fund to be used for vaccine procurement, says minister
Lahore
February 4, 2021
LAHORE:The Chief Minister s COVID-19 Fund will be used for vaccine procurement while the decision of vaccination to the government employees or only deserving people would be made in the light of the recommendations of the finance and health departments.
These views were expressed by Punjab Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht while presiding over the 52nd meeting of the Cabinet Standing Committee on Finance and Development at the Chief Minister s Secretariat here on Wednesday. Other participants in the meeting included Provincial Minister for Industry and Commerce Mian Aslam Iqbal, Advisor to the Chief Minister for Economic Affairs Dr Salman Shah and secretaries of relevant departments.