Zimbabwe Cricket has said the local team will tour Pakistan later this month despite fears over the security situation, The Herald reported on Monday.

 

The Zimbabwean team is expected to play five one-dayers in Pakistan beginning on January 26, but concerns have been raised following the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

 

"We are definitely going ahead with the tour," said Zimbabwe Cricket chairman Peter Chingoka. "ZC has an obligation to fulfill its obligations under the Future Tours program."

 

Zimbabwe are scheduled to leave home on January 11 and return on February 8.

 

(Xinhua News Agency January 8, 2008)