Good question, let me give you my honest answer here - hope you can digest.
First of all, no place in earth is full proof - if people can die inside Pentagon from terrorist attacks, no one can garuntee full proof safety.
But, security proofs has lot to do with credibility, probably more than capability. PCB (PAK as a state) has lost it’s credibility & I can tell you, there is a genuine lack of trust in PAK’s security agencies. Any country is capable of protecting 25 foreigners for 8 weeks, unless there is a neuclear attack, but it doesn’t give confidence when you are not sure about the motive of the guy protecting you. Got angry - I give you a classic example: one of the strongest military in world and an unique intelligence service (ISI is probably only national intelligence agenncy in world without any control from civil Administration) .... yet Usama Bin Laden lived within shooting distance of PAK’s military academy - for 5 years, with biwi, bacchho. What do you make of this - PAK’s security agencies are incompetent, novice, corrupt .... or there is a strong sect among the agencies, who are motivated with different ideology? You might not agree, but enough for someone (cricket boards) accountable for national team’s safety.
Last time, when SRL team was attacked, I read couple of alarming excuses - 1. Our rangers tried, 9 people died .... but the attack was so well planned and executed with proficiency that not much could be done - come on, few goons with Kalashnikov, open fiered for 3-4 minutes on a highly secured convoy at the heart of the most secured metro of PAK, and then left with job well accomplished!!!!!! 2. Proper security couldn’t be ensured because of the strike by opposition- Punjab police was busy to manage riots!!!!!!! Do you think, these are professional excuses? Those people attacking SRL team actually didn’t want to hurt players, rather they just made sure that PAK is exposed to global audiences; otherwise they could have used hand Grenades & mortar shells to wipe out the entire convoy.
I don’t think, bringing Iran or Palestine helps here much, apart from some desperate effort of victimisation - the amount of support PCB or PAK cricket has revived from ICC and its members ... they actually don’t deserve it. From fixing, doping to illegal substances trafficking PAK cricket has created enough trouble around to be boycotted. Add to that the antics of your board and it’s office bearers .... imagine the treatment SAF & it’s cricketers received 50 years back. Filing case, threatening, withdrawing from tour .... what else do you expect? ICC gave PCB a life line to convince teams touring PAK in WC 2011 (boycotting to travel in WC is not new - we have seen that in 1996 & 2007), and SLCB came with good spirits in PCB’s help ... then they were thrown in front of wolves!!!! Come on, think what would be your reaction if you were not a Pakistani.
I can categorically write here in records that your board chairmen are liars. They manipulate situations for cheap media mileage and sell it to naive fans. Sethi got humiliated by BCCI and that tool Zaka Ashraf is still fooling lots of PAK Passioners here. One of my relative was BCB director & he was in that meeting itself where a possible BD tour to PAK was discussed - and I can tell you that, for every commitment, BCB covered it with a clause - “subject to Govt clearance”. In fact they can’t commit any foreign tour without noc from foreign office, which is a standard procedure everywhere. Zaka Ashraf told you guys at airport that BD will tour PAK, but forgot to mention -“subject to Govt clearance”.
Players were called to report for tour practice, national selectors were instructed to pick only players willing to travel ... until someone got a stay order from High Court on the tour, considering PAK’s state as a travel destination. And, it was a proper trial - against BCB’s lawyers, they brought Journalists, foreigners, NGO workers, security experts, diplomats in the witness box - and this will be the case every time BCB agrees to send a team under national colour. Instead of helping PAK, BCB actually needs help from PAK in regard to it’s status as a touring destination... these bulling won’t work and I really feel sorry for those desperate souls who think BCB is following BCCi’s instructions here. You’ll have to keep believing for many, many years in that route unfortunately.
Unless, PAK’s status is changed as a high risk country, don’t think 1-2-5 or 10 years matter much here. You probably carry a British passport - try travelling sometimes with PAK passport .... almost every airport, you should realise what I am telling, if you haven’t gone through that yey. Still, whatever scope was there, your arrogant board has made sure that PAK is alone here .... otherwise don’t ever think that ENG & AUS toured BD within few months of a major attack at the heart of Dhaka only because they had financial crisis, a possible threat of BCB boycotting them or as some trolls like to belive here - upsetting BCCI, by not touring BD��.
And, first of all - start changing own perception- even BCCI isn’t your enemy, otherwise they can shut out cricket for PAK - these days no one messes with FTP or pre agreement - BCCI can offer counter tours with their C & D teams and still it’ll earn more money to share than your UAE model home tours. PAK’s most frequent tour partners are SRL, WIN & ZIM .... I hope you can understand what BCCI can get out of them by comiting one tour every year - he it Indian B, C or D squad. Start to belive that your board is the most incompetent, corrupt, manipulative and arrogant- that day, things might start to change. It’s the PAK people can help PAK cricket by shaping PCB .... bulling, cursing, defaming BCB won’t help much.
