New Delhi: Pakistan has constituted a committee to consider whether to send a cricket team to the World Cup in India later this year, as relations between the two South Asian rivals continuing to be fractious.Last week, the International Cricket Council had released the official schedule for the World Cup that will be held from October 5 to November 19. Thereafter, the Pakistan Cricket Board wrote to patron-in-chief Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and other relevant government authorities seeking clearance for the national team to take part in the World Cup.Pakistan is scheduled to play at Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Kolkata. The ICC has also accepted that if the Pakistani national cricket team makes it to the semi-final, it will not play in Mumbai, but go to Kolkata.Dawn quoted the Pakistani minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination, Ehsanur Rehman Mazari, as saying that a committee has been set up to look at all the issues surrounding the cricket team’s visit to India. The Special Assistant to Prime Minister, Tariq Fatemi, has been appointed as the committee’s coordinator.Mazari added that committee members would make recommendations regarding the Pakistan team’s visit to India for the World Cup, but the final decision on the matter “will be taken at the Prime Minister’s House”.He told Dawn that in his personal opinion, the visit of the Pakistani cricket team should be reciprocal – if the Indian team had Asia Cup matches on Pakistani soil, it would do the same in the World Cup. But, if India was playing in a third country, then Pakistan should also demand a similar option, Mazari said.The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other wings of the government were carrying out “due diligence as part of a routine process before it gives the green light for team Pakistan to fly to India”, as per Dawn.The newspaper stated that there is uncertainty over Pakistan’s participation, with the players not having any idea whether they are going to play in the World Cup at all.Pakistan’s dilemma over the World Cup is linked to the dispute over its hosting of the Asia Cup.When India refused to travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup, Pakistan responded by threatening to boycott the World Cup if they were not allowed to stage at least some Asia Cup matches on home soil.Last month, the Asian Cricket Council accepted Pakistan’s hybrid model, with matches split between Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India will play their Asia Cup matches in Sri Lanka.PCB’s new chief, Zaka Ashraf, who replaced Najam Sethi, had earlier termed the hybrid model as an “injustice” and hoped to get it reviewed. He has softened his position, but also indicated that decision to send the team to the World Cup would be taken after appropriate consultations.