Cricket legend Imran Khan Monday said he feared more trouble for Pakistan cricket after the Champions Trophy postponement, saying the country is run by the wrong people who are destroying everything."
The ICC said Pakistan keeps the right to host the event, possibly in October next year, but Khan believed the present government would not be able to improve the situation in the country. "The event is postponed until next year but if the current government -- trying to outdo Musharraf -- stays I fear the situation could worsen rather than improve," said Khan, who now heads his own political party -- Tehrik-e-Insaaf (Movement for Justice). Khan, a die-hard critic of Musharraf, blamed the military ruler for the current scenario. "It is not that we should not fight terrorism, but the way Musharraf led us into the war on terror by using gunship helicopters against our own people was fatal because as a blow-back peace, the economy and cricket have become casualties,"
He said under the current situation, foreign teams' perception of security in Pakistan was "understandable because the situation is far from safe. Under the situation when foreign investors are not willing to come to Pakistan how can you expect foreign cricketers to travel to a country where we are fighting someone else's war?" he added. Khan said Pakistan cricket needed funding to sustain its development.
