Cricket and nuisance go hand in hand.

PAKISTANIS have exceptionally high cricket mania, but scheduling international matches in Karachi is simply an act of madness due to lack of infrastructure, poor traffic planning and indifferent attitude of the administration.

How can one even begin to justify the revival of international cricket at the cost of suffering of millions of people due to road-blocks and the resultant traffic logjams, especially, but not exclusively, on the main arterial Sharea Faisal?The worst hit are residential areas around the Natuional Stadium.

We have no ability, capacity, planning and infrastructure to support the luxury of hosting international cricket matches.

The government should...