Islamabad, August 15 (ANI): Uncertainty continues to loom over the India- Pakistan bilateral cricket series scheduled for next year with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) still awaiting a response from the BCCI on whether the Indian government will grant clearance for the tour.
"From our side, we have obtained the government approval to play the series but the Indian board has told us that they will get back to us with details of the series after getting clearance from their government," a PCB official was quoted as saying by The Daily Times.
"As far as we are concerned, the tour is on and we are just waiting for the Indians to give the final clearance as we want to discuss some other options with them for the series," he added.
Pakistan and India have not played in a bilateral series since the Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008.
According to International Cricket Council's Future Tours Programme, Pakistan are scheduled to tour India for three Tests and five ODIs in March-April 2012.
A BCCI Working Committee is likely to meet this week, which will discuss the issue of restoration of cricketing ties with Pakistan.
The PCB has indicated that it is keen to convince the Indian board to play a few limited-over matches of next year's series at a neutral venue so that the PCB can earn some revenue as compensation for the cancelled tour in 2009.
"Our government had publicly said that it wanted resumption of bilateral cricket ties with India and this was discussed even by our foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar when she visited India recently," the official said. (ANI)
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