Asia Cup Final India vs Pakistan New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has maintained its sports relations policy with Pakistan, where a blanket ban on bilateral relations remains. The exemption will continue to apply to multi-nation events such as ICC events, Olympics, Asian Games and others.“For bilateral sports events in each other’s country, Indian teams will not participate in competitions in Pakistan. We will also not allow Pakistani teams to play in India,” said an office memorandum issued on May 5 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
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