[al Furqaan]

That claim by the PCB was clearly nothing but balogna. If the PCB hadn't been made aware of the NOC issue, why did Zaka keep oscillating between "we'll see about the BPL NOCs", "if they tour, we'll give the NOCs", and "no, we're not going to give NOCs". Zaka is a pure liar, who in his feeble attempt to save his bucktooth face, has been exposed as a manifest liar.

Of course the real blame lies with Lotus Kamal (and to a lesser extent Ijaz Butt) for creating this whole mess. Nazmul's handling of the situation may have been a reasonably thought out retaliation against the PCB for blackmailing us to begin with. In the final analysis, the bigger black eye belongs to the PCB. They aren't any closer to hosting int'l cricket, have been exposed as trying to extort BCB into touring, and will face at least some player discontent due to shutting off the BPL income. The BPL's success or failure depends almost completely on how the organizers run the show and if payments are made on time and semi-final farces are avoided this time around. Very little will be lost without the PAK players. On the other hand, without any international player participation, PSL will be nothing more than a glorified Faysal Bank competition.