February 14, 2025 10:57 AM

Pakistan hopes hosting major cricket tournament will erase worries of instability

Pakistan is hoping that hosting its first major multi-country cricket tournament in nearly 30 years will help erase worries of instability in the country and restore confidence in it as a tourism and investment destination. The Champions Trophy, which kicks off next week, comes to Pakistan as the country battles two insurgencies and a political crisis that has sent its former prime minister and greatest cricket hero, Imran Khan, to jail. But the government and Pakistan's cricket board believe ...