ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government is willing to hand over the Imran Khan Cricket Stadium in Peshawar to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), according to official sources.
Sources said the provincial government and the PCB are in contact and have already held two rounds of talks to finalize the terms of a possible agreement.
They said the KP government is also reviewing the agreements under which the PCB manages Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium and Karachi’s National Stadium.
KP Adviser for Sports Taj Muhammad Tarand said the provincial government wants international cricket to return to Peshawar.
“We are reviewing the agreements for Gaddafi Stadium and National Stadium,” he said.
Tarand added that no final decision has yet been made to hand over the stadium to the PCB.
The KP government renovated the lone international cricketing venue in the province at the cost of Rs2.31 billion.
After renovation, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government last year in February had renamed the Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium as the Imran Khan Cricket Stadium to honour the former cricket turned politician.
