Yes, go to the UAE, make others happy --- that is your solution?

This is the most embarrasing thing Pakistani team has done to themselves. They have absolutely no pride for themselves or their country. If the security makes it impossible for them to play, they should have swallowed their pride and waited until the situation gets better. They should have penalized teams not agreeing to tour by not playing with them on their next tour to the opposing nation.

By listening to others and acting upon their so called 'expert' advice, PCB has proved to the World that Pakistan is a bad and dangerous place to be and that nobody - not even Zimbabwe needs to tour Pakistan, we can all play outside of Pakistan the Pakistani series.

Shame on PCB - disgrace to 170 million Pakistanis. On the other hand, I am very proud of the Zimbabwe Cricket Board of how they have kept their influence in the game.

I found this amusing for a number of reasons and I've written a blog here hoping to address all the related issues, don't know if they will publish it. My questions are why the UAE and not India who are probably in a better position to host as well? Who's going to pay for all the additional costs incurred, the teams that have decided not to tour or will the PCB split this with them? Would Cricket NZ consider this option if the four asian countries were worried of a hypothetically similar situation in NZ?
I guess my main question is related to why a board should relocate when there are clearly some teams who are willing to tour the country, is it worth relocating to accommodate the reluctant guests?
I like your digs at "self-interested bureaucrats" but it is a bit rich when NZ doesn't quite seem to be leading any of the charts, it is in fact debatable that they're better than Pakistan even now! You're not going to take refuge in that population argument again are you?

Last time I checked PCB stood for Pakistan Cricket Board not UAE cricket board. If countries like Aus, NZ and Eng are not willing to tour Pak for whatever dubious and selfish reasons then so be it. If they want to tour Pakistan then that means landing in Pakistan... not stopping short of it. If PCB relocates to UAE on even temp basis then they can stay in UAE indefinitely. They won't be wanted in Pakistan except to throw rotten eggs at them.