Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated the newly renewed Gaddafi Stadium of Lahore for the next Trophy Champions on Friday in the middle of many fanfare and festivities.
Prime Minister Shehbaz opened the stadium with Punjab Prime Minister Maryam Nawaz, the president of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi and other officials next to him.
Naqvi had said last month that the stadium in Lahore would be reopened on February 7 (today) by the prime minister, while the Karachi National Stadium would be reopened by President Asif Ali Zardari on February 11.
Going to the inauguration ceremony, Prime Minister Shehbaz said it was a happy day for everyone that the reconstruction of the stadium was completed as “so much fashion.”
Speaking in the Champions Trophy, the prime minister said he had faith in the Pakistan team to win the tournament. “We all pray for you. We are all waiting for the moment you defeat India, ”he added.
“[Babar] Azam and Rizwan, we have high expectations of you, ”said Prime Minister.
“[Shaheen] Aphridi, you must follow in the footsteps of your father -in -law and accumulate wickts, ”he added.
The president of the PCB, Mohsin Naqvi, while talking at the opening ceremony, said the Champions Trophy and Tri-series were neither for PCB nor the government, but for all Pakistan.
“We are all a team and this is ours,” he said.
The green team also presented the Kit for the Champions Trophy in the middle of the celebration.
A great celebration with fireworks and music took place after the opening ceremony in front of a Gaddafi stadium full of people.
The reconstruction of three stages, in Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi, which began on October 10 of last year, looked in danger at the same time while the board tried to finish the preparations for the ICC 2025 champion trophy, the first ICC event of Pakistan from the World Cup in 1996.
The Gaddafi stadium, also the headquarters of the PCB, will be the host of the Champions Trophy since the ICC had cleared the three places (National Stadium, Karachi, Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi and Gaddafi Stadium) to organize the matches, but the PCB encouraged a Huge a huge amount of RS12.80 billion to renew the three stadiums.
Although the reconstruction of the Gaddafi stadium has been completed, the reconstruction of the Rawalpindi stadium will be completed after the Champions Trophy concludes.
The Gaddafi Stadium will organize five games, including the semifinal of the Champions Trophy, five if India does not qualify for the final. Separately, the Opening accessory of the Tri-Nation series on Saturday will be played between Pakistan and New Zealand at the Gaddafi stadium before South Africa in front of black tacos on February 10 in a one-day match.
Naqvi praises workers
A ceremony for the reopening of the stadium was scheduled, Naqvi said earlier in the day while talking to workers at a press conference on the site.
Naqvi said: “Many people have been sending messages and congratulating that” you did this stadium “, but I understand that you [labourers] They are responsible for the completion of the stadium, you deserve praise. ”
“Each worker [deserves praise]I met a worker who said he had not gone home in 2 months, the way they lived here and working for 12 to 14 hours, you should have seen the conditions in which they were, ”he added.
