The Pakistan Cricket Board has initially planned a tour of Champions Trophy in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) cities but after strong objections from BCCI the schedule has been changed.

Pakistan are the defending champions, having won the previous edition of the ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales in 2017. The change in itinerary has come after Pakistan wanted to take the trophy for a tour to PoK.

The International Cricket Council has officially launched the Trophy Tour for the highly anticipated ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025.In an announcement shared on its website, the

The ICC Champions Trophy tour begins in Islamabad, showcasing the trophy at iconic locations like Faisal Masjid and Pakistan Monument. The tour will visit Taxila, Abbottabad, Murree, and Karachi, but Lahore is notably excluded,

Sources in the PCB yesterday said the trophy tour was planned in consultation and with the approval of the ICC and it was not a unilateral decision of the PCB.

Pakistan have decided against taking the Champions Trophy on tour across PoK regions, but said that the plan was approved by the ICC and they did not decide anything unilaterally, a media report claimed.

The ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 Trophy Tour delivered with DP World will start in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday. The prestigious silverware will journey across the eight participating nations during the Tour,

ICC announces start of 2025 Men's Champions Trophy tour in Islamabad featuring Shoaib Akhtar amid PCB-BCCI controversy over itinerary changes.

A fresh twist in the 2025 Champions Trophy has thrown the ICC's trophy tour into confusion, a day before it was supposed to begin in Pakistan, after the BCCI objected to the PCB's plan of taking the tour to Muzaffarabad,

The ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 Trophy Tour delivered with DP World will be flagged off in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, with the silverware stopping off at iconic sites in the capital city ahead of its journey across the globe.

The ongoing controversy surrounding the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 has intensified following objections raised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) regarding the planned tour of the trophy to the controversially-claimed region called ‘Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK)’.