Pakistan Super League final goes ahead with heavy security
10,000 security personnel, including army men, will provide unprecedented protection for the finals of the Pakistan Super League here, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif announced on the eve of the match.
“More than 10,000 cops, rangers and army personnel will provide fool-proof security to Sunday’s PSL 2017 final at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore,” Sharif said.
Unprecedented security arrangements have been put in place for the PSL Final in Lahore which the country never witnessed before either in any Test or ODI matches even when the Indian cricket team toured here in 2004.
“The propaganda that some 60,000 security personnel will provide security to PSL Final is wrong. No one (a reference of Pakistan Tahreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan) can be allowed to do politics on the cricket match,” Shahbaz said, adding that the final is a national event and is being treated accordingly by them.
“We are ensuring that this event successfully takes place and give a message to the world that Pakistan is a peaceful country and people here are not cowed down by the terror acts,” the chief minister said.
Quetta Gladiators led by Sarfraz Ahmed and Peshawar Zalmi by West Indies’ former skipper Darren Sammy will play the final.
All five of the Peshawar Zalmi foreign players will play the final while three English players of the Quetta Gladiators --- Kevin Pietersen, Tymal Mills and Luke Wright --- have left for home because of security concerns.