The Pakistan Sports Ministry has said it has no objection if the Pakistani cricketers decide to take part in the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in April but made it clear that their security would be their own and respective IPL team's responsibility.

Sports Minister Pir Aftab Shah Jillani said in an interview that the Ministry had sent its recommendations on a note moved by the Pakistan Cricket Board to the President's Secretariat."The Board moved a note through the Presidency wanting to know if we would allow our players to take part in the IPL this year," Jillani said.

"We have given our answer which is that the players can individually decide what they want to do and we have no objections to them going to India for the IPL matches," he said."The Board has asked for our comments for individual players and not a national team so we have given our NOC and sent it to the President's Secretariat for further action," he added.