PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi has announced that the redevelopment of the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore is "in its final stages". At a press conference held within the ground itself, Naqvi praised everyone involved in the construction of the stadium, saying it had been completed in record time. "The Gaddafi Arena will be initiated on 7 February by the State leader [Shehbaz Sharif]," Naqvi said. "It's in its last stages and the last contacts are being applied to it. It will be finished by 7 February. We had started wrecking this arena in September, with the development starting in October. We guaranteed it would be prepared toward the finish of January, and you can all perceive that it is so near fulfillment." Naqvi said the Public Arena in Karachi, additionally going through huge redesign in front of the Bosses Prize, was likewise on target. It is planned to be introduced in a service on February 11 by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, just before the primary game it is booked to have - a tri-series match on February 12. Pakistan are likewise facilitating an initial function on February 16 February in Lahore, however it wo exclude a chiefs' call and photoshoot, which the PCB put down to calculated issues. Naqvi said the PCB had welcomed ICC director Jay Shah to the occasion, as well as the tops of all cricket sheets engaged with the occasion. "We are likewise holding a function on the sixteenth of February in Lahore. We've welcomed the tops of all cricket sheets of groups who are coming, as well as all ICC authorities, including the ICC administrator Jay Shah. We are anxious to invite the board authorities and any other person who is joining in." The PCB has confronted outrageous examination throughout recent months concerning the wellness of its arenas to have the competition. With redesign and recreation work on the scenes left to the most recent couple of months, there were worries about whether the PCB would figure out how to bring its arenas to a condition of status in time for the competition. The PCB had at first set a January 25 cutoff time for all improvement of the Gaddafi Arena to be finished, prior to pushing it forward to February 2. Naqvi trained in on the people who felt somewhat uncertain. "Across the line [a reference to India], there are many individuals who are attempting to track down the smallest blemish in our arenas and plans, and they will get no such open door. We will invite all the showing up groups and their security and welcome plans. The entire of the PCB is working constantly to give a consistent competition." Naqvi, who has been proud in regards to the pace of spend at the PCB since he expected the post, likewise offered a first look at the potential monetary cost the work on the arenas had taken, declaring the PCB had sold the tickets dispensed to it by the ICC back to the overseeing gathering to go some way towards making up the expenses of fostering its grounds. The Bosses Prize, which is set to start on February 19, is the primary ICC competition Pakistan will have beginning around 1996.