VIDEO SHOWS: LAWMAKERS SITTING IN PARLIAMENT SESSION/SOUNDBITE FROM INTERIOR MINISTER MOHSIN NAQVI/SECURITY ON ALERT IN ISLAMABAD/FILE OF ATTACK ON SRI LANKAN TEAM RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (NOVEMBER 13, 2025) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (PTV – Access all) 1. LAWMAKERS SITTING IN PARLIAMENT SESSION 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) PAKISTAN'S INTERIOR MINISTER, MOHSIN NAQVI, SAYING: “They had serious concerns but we tried to remove those concerns. The Sri Lankan president himself talked to their team yesterday and tried to convince them. Our Field Marshal (Army Chief Syed Asim Munir) talked to their defence minister, secretary and assured them about their security. Now the Pakistan army, paramilitary rangers and Islamabad police have jointly assumed charge of their security. They are our state guests and we are giving them the same protocol and security.” 3. LAWMAKERS SITTING ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (NOVEMBER 12, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 4. VARIOUS OF POLICE CHECKING CARS IN THE WAKE OF SECURITY ALERT IN ISLAMABAD A DAY AFTER SUICIDE BOMBING 5. VARIOUS OF POLICE CHECKING MOTORCYCLISTS 6. POLICE SEARCHING MOTORCYCLIST'S BAG 7. POLICEMAN HOLDING GUN STANDING ALERT ON STREET 8. POLICEMAN HOLDING GUN POSITIONED IN PICKET 9. VARIOUS OF POLICE OFFICIAL MONITORING SECURITY IN CONTROL ROOM LAHORE, PAKISTAN (FILE – MARCH 2009) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS-Access all) 10. AMBULANCE AT SITE OF ATTACK ON SRI LANKAN CRICKET TEAM / DEAD BODY OF POLICEMAN LYING ON ROAD 11. POLICE AT ATTACK SITE 12. POLICEMAN RUNNING TOWARDS ATTACK SITE 13. DEAD POLICEMAN'S BODY INSIDE POLICE VAN 14. RESCUE WORKERS PUTTING BODY INTO AMBULANCE 15. AMBULANCE DRIVING OFF STORY: Pakistan has deployed army and paramilitary forces to protect Sri Lanka's cricket team after a deadly suicide bombing in Islamabad raised security concerns during their ongoing tour, the interior minister said on Thursday (November 13). Pakistan's Army Chief Asim Munir had assured Sri Lankan Defence Minister Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon of the team's safety, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told parliament in a live televised transmission. Naqvi said the Sri Lankan players had expressed serious concerns about staying in Pakistan following the bombing but those had been addressed. A suicide bombing outside an Islamabad court on Tuesday killed 12 people and wounded 27, one of the capital's deadliest attacks in years. Militants also stormed a military-run school in Wana, killing three people before security forces rescued students and shot the assailants dead. The violence revived memories of the 2009 Lahore attack on Sri Lanka’s team, which halted international cricket in Pakistan for nearly a decade. Six players were injured in the assault, forcing Pakistan to play home matches in the United Arab Emirates for years. (Production: Salah Uddin, Shahabuddin Shahab)
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