World T20 Pakistan security team to visit India on Monday

ISLAMABAD: A team of Pakistani security experts on Sunday obtained visas and is all set to visit India on Monday to examine security arrangements ahead of Pakistan cricket team departure.Government has linked cricket team participation in World T20 tournament with security clearance after Hindu extremists threatened to dig up pitch of Dharmasala stadium, where Pakistan would clash arch rival India on March 19.A three member-team headed by Usman Anwar, a director of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), was set up after a meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.Virender Shandilya, national president of Anti-Terrorist Front of India, on Saturday said the Pakistan cricket team should not be allowed to play in the World Twenty20 match against India on March 19.He threatened, “If the Pakistan team comes to play against India in Dharamshala, we will dig the pitch in HPCA stadium in protest.””