The Indian High Commission on Sunday issued visas to a two-member Pakistani security team to assess security situation in India for Pakistan's cricket team to play there in the ICC World Twenty20.
"All arrangements are complete for the security team to leave for India on Monday," said a statement by the interior ministry.
"The security team comprises three members - Director FIA Usman Anwar and Colonel Azam from the Ministry of Interior will leave from Pakistan while the third member will join them from the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi," the statement said.
"The team will meet the Chief Minister Himachal Pradesh and the state police chief and will prepare a report which will be sent to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar," the statement added.
Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar has earlier said that a security team had been constituted and will depart on Monday for India, to ensure that the Pakistani cricket team is provided complete security while participating in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup.
"I have asked the PCB chairman to wait, and the team can wait until the security clearance is assured," he had said in his statement.
The security team will hold meetings with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and will also meet senior Indian security officials to ensure security for the Pakistan team.
The government of the northern state of Himachal Pradesh has refused to provide security for the upcoming World T20 matches, citing a January attack on an Indian army base.
The Pakistan cricket team is scheduled to kick off their World T20 campaign on March 16 at Kolkata before they travel to Dharamsala for the high-profile encounter with arch-rival India.
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