KOLKATA – Pakistan High Commissioner in New Delhi Abdul Basit was granted a visa to travel to Kolkata for a World T20 standoff between Pakistan and India scheduled for March 19.
“We are looking forward to a great match tomorrow,” India’s newswire service ANI quoted Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit as saying.
We are looking forward to a great match tomorrow: Abdul Basit High Commissioner Pakistan in Kolkata. pic.twitter.com/W6c8VwpZq6
— ANI (@ANI_news) March 18, 2016
I’m glad to be here (Kolkata),somewhat sad that my colleagues who wanted to come could not come-Abdul Basit,Pak High Commissioner #WT20
— ANI (@ANI_news) March 18, 2016
The development comes days after Indian authorities denied seven Pakistani diplomats permission to visit Kolkata for the World T20 encounter citing security reasons.
