Hours after his tirade against the Indian cricket administrators on Thursday, Pakistan's sports minister Aftab Shah Jillani was dismissed by the central government. An announcement said Ejaz Hussain Jakhrani would assume charge as the new sports minister, having previously held the position of health minister.
Miffed with the Indian Premier League's refusal to allow Pakistani players' participation for the second year in a row, Pakistan's Federal Minister for Sports Aftab Shah Jillani said the event's organisers have used "flimsy grounds" to "snub" his country's cricketers.
The Pakistan Sports Ministry has said it has no objection if the Pakistani cricketers decide to take part in the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in April but made it clear that their security would be their own and respective IPL team's responsibility. Sports Minister Pir Aftab Shah Jillani said in an interview that the Ministry had sent its recommendations on a note moved by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to the President's Secretariat.
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