LAHORE: Starting Wednesday, Pakistan Army and Rangers personnel will be deployed in Lahore for fool-proof security for the international cricket teams ahead of the tri-nation cricket series starting February 8, the same day jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party has planned a protest.
“The Federal Interior Ministry has allowed the deployment of Pakistan Army and Rangers for security duties of New Zealand and South Africa cricket teams for the tri-nation cricket series in Lahore between February 5 and February 10,” a spokesperson for the ministry said on Tuesday.
Khan, 72, has been lodged at the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi since mid-2023 in multiple cases and his party has been at loggerheads with the federal government since the general elections in February 2024.