{"id":84102,"date":"2022-02-24T13:05:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T08:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=84102"},"modified":"2022-02-24T13:05:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T08:05:31","slug":"margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html","title":{"rendered":"Margalla foothills possible site for Cricket stadium in Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad on Wednesday (February 23) declared Margalla Range foothills as the site for Islamabad&#8217;s first international standard cricket stadium, news sources reported. The stadium will be located around the link road leading to Saidpur village. \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-high-tech-cricket-stadium.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"82653\">Islamabad to get high-tech cricket stadium soon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, The stadium construction will be accompanied by the construction of a five-star hotel for tourists and foreign players. The decision was made during a news briefing here in Islamabad by the interior minister. The minister stated that the government has given CDA permission to start the project&#8217;s tendering process as well as final site selection. The project will be a collaboration between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-to-demarcate-land-for-cricket-stadium.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3221\">Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the CDA<\/a>, and it will be completed before the Champion Trophy tournament in 2025. It was also stated that the site was chosen due to its picturesque location and proximity to the previously built two small stadiums of Marghzar and Shalimar Grounds.\u00a0 It is worth noting that a plan to build a state-of-the-art cricket stadium in the capital city has been in the works for several years, with a probable location near Shakarparian, but it was subsequently cancelled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/site-proposed-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"83098\">Site proposed for setting up cricket stadium in Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current attempt to build a cricket stadium comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"82781\">PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja met with Prime Minister (PM) <\/a>Imran Khan and suggested that the new venue is needed to hold international cricket events.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad on Wednesday (February 23) declared Margalla Range foothills as the site for Islamabad&#8217;s first international standard cricket stadium, news sources reported. The stadium will be located around the link road leading to Saidpur village. \u00a0 Read: Islamabad to get high-tech cricket stadium soon Reportedly, The stadium construction will be accompanied by the construction of a five-star hotel for tourists and foreign players. The decision was made during a news briefing here in Islamabad by the interior minister. The minister stated that the government has given CDA permission to start the project&#8217;s tendering process as well as final site selection. The project will be a collaboration between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the CDA, and it will be completed before the Champion Trophy tournament in 2025. It was also stated that the site was chosen due to its picturesque location and proximity to the previously built two small stadiums of Marghzar and Shalimar Grounds.\u00a0 It is worth noting that a plan to build a state-of-the-art cricket stadium in the capital city has been in the works for several years, with a probable location near Shakarparian, but it was subsequently cancelled. Read: Site proposed for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":80334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013],"tags":[51301,51299,51300],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"tag-cda-pcb-cricket-stadium","9":"tag-islamabad-cricket-stadium","10":"tag-margalla-cricket-stadium","11":"cat-15013-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Margalla possible site for Islamabad Cricket stadium- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad on Wednesday (February 23) declared Margalla Range foothills as the site for Islamabad&#039;s first\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Margalla possible site for Islamabad Cricket stadium- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad on Wednesday (February 23) declared Margalla Range foothills as the site for Islamabad&#039;s first\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-24T08:05:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-24T08:05:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/News-Cover-stadium.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nauman Ahmad\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nauman Ahmad\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Margalla possible site for Islamabad Cricket stadium- Zameen News","description":"Islamabad: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad on Wednesday (February 23) declared Margalla Range foothills as the site for Islamabad's first","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Margalla possible site for Islamabad Cricket stadium- Zameen News","og_description":"Islamabad: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad on Wednesday (February 23) declared Margalla Range foothills as the site for Islamabad's first","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html","og_site_name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","article_published_time":"2022-02-24T08:05:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-24T08:05:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/News-Cover-stadium.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nauman Ahmad","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_site":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nauman Ahmad","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html"},"author":{"name":"Nauman Ahmad","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0ea33500845f59b56c53060ac1ef44a9"},"headline":"Margalla foothills possible site for Cricket stadium in Islamabad","datePublished":"2022-02-24T08:05:07+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-24T08:05:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html"},"wordCount":248,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/News-Cover-stadium.jpg","keywords":["CDA PCB cricket Stadium","Islamabad Cricket Stadium","Margalla Cricket Stadium"],"articleSection":["Construction"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html","name":"Margalla possible site for Islamabad Cricket stadium- Zameen News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/News-Cover-stadium.jpg","datePublished":"2022-02-24T08:05:07+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-24T08:05:31+00:00","description":"Islamabad: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad on Wednesday (February 23) declared Margalla Range foothills as the site for Islamabad's first","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/News-Cover-stadium.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/News-Cover-stadium.jpg","width":1170,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-site-cricket-stadium-islamabad.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Margalla foothills possible site for Cricket stadium in Islamabad"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Zameen.com","alternateName":"Zameen","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Zameen.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","https:\/\/x.com\/ZameenProperty","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zameenpk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0ea33500845f59b56c53060ac1ef44a9","name":"Nauman Ahmad","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture1-96x96.png","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture1-96x96.png","caption":"Nauman Ahmad"},"description":"Nauman Ahmad is an imaginative Pisces whose love for literature and nature is unparalleled. When he's not reading or hiking, he's sleeping and eating, which gives him plenty of energy for his next adventure.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/author\/nauman_ahmad"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84105,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84102\/revisions\/84105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84102"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=84102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}