Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed a high-level committee, headed by foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto, to decide on the national cricket team’s participation in the ODI World Cup in India.

This is in response to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s letter to the government seeking advice on whether the team will travel to India. The letter had also asked the government if it wanted to send a security delegation to India for a recce of the venues.

The committee is expected to decide on whether Pakistan will travel to Ahmedabad for their high-profile league match against India on October 15. It will also make recommendations over their tour of the four other Indian cities where they are scheduled to play during the league stage.

Apart from foreign minister Zardari, interior minister Rana Sanaullah and law and justice minister Azam Nazeer Tarar are some other high-profile names on the committee.

The committee also includes heads of the intelligence agencies and the foreign secretary.

The concerned ministers have already indicated to the PCB that a high-level security delegation would be sent to India to inspect the venues before taking a call on the tour.

The Prime Minister is also the patron-in-chief of the PCB. Both the International Cricket Council and hosts BCCI announced the World Cup schedule last month.

The PCB, however, has conveyed to the ICC that their participation in the premier event is subject to government clearance.