Pakistan bans broadcast of IPL 2019

After India banned the live telecast of Pakistan Super League (PSL), Pakistan have responded by banning the telecast of Indian Premier League (IPL), Pakistan’s information and broadcasting minister Fawad Chaudhry confirmed.

The decision came after DSport, the official broadcaster of Pakistan Super League in India suspended the live telecast of the tournament in wake of Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) soldiers in Jammu & Kashmir. Indian company IMG Reliance also pulled out of its deal to produce the television coverage of PSL worldwide forcing the Pakistan based T20 league to find a new production company.

“During the PSL, the way the Indian companies and the government treated Pakistan cricket after that, we can’t tolerate that IPL is shown in Pakistan,” Pakistan’s I&B minister Fawad Chaudhry told ARY News.