Pakistani Cable Operators Threaten to Boycott IPL Broadcast
civil society groups and political and religious parties on Thursday protested the perceived snub of the countrys cricketers in the auction for the lucrative IPL tournament in India, even as an association of cable TV operators said they would boycott its broadcast. Members of a civil society group burnt effigies of IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi outside the Press Club in the eastern city of Lahore. Modi has earned the ire of political leaders and Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ejaz Butt, who has accused him of "betraying" the Pakistani players. The Cable Operators Association of Pakistan said, it would boycott all matches of the third edition of IPL.
The members of the association said their networks will not air any channel that beams the IPL matches. Addressing a news conference in the Lahore Press Club, CAP president Jabbar Ahmed Khan said his group had condemned the attitude of the organisers of IPL. The decision to boycott the Indian Premier League matches was made in a meeting of CAP and will be implemented across the country, he said. Even leaders of religious parties, which do not usually comment on sports activities, joined the fray on Thursday.
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