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Next month's Champions Trophy in Pakistan will be cancelled rather than relocated if security and safety conditions deteriorate significantly, International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat said
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Pakistan to boycott CT if relocated to some other nation

With threat looming large over the relocation of Champions Trophy to some other nation, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has issued a veiled warning to the ICC of a possible boycott of the event if it is taken away from them.PCB Chief Operating Officer, Shafqat Naghmi admitted that after South Africa officially withdrew from the eight-nation tournament, there lies a strong possibility of Australia, England and New Zealand doing the same at the crucial ICC teleconference today.

He added that if the ICC today decides to relocate the biennial tournament, Pakistan also reserves the right to boycott the event."We are prepared for this and we are expecting a formal announcement at the teleconference," he said.All the four countries have said they have got advice from their independent security consultants and from their government not to travel to Pakistan at this stage because of the security conditions in the country.

The countries have pointed out to the ICC that since January this year around 21 suicide bomb and planted bomb attacks have been taken place in Pakistan leaving over 400 people dead and scores injured.The last one came at Wah Cantt, some 30 kilometres outside Islamabad two days ago in which around 70 people were killed.However, Naghmi insisted that the scenario was no different in other countries.