KARACHI - A grand new addition to Pakistan cricket infrastructure was made here on Sunday when the City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal formally inaugurated the new multi million rupee cricketers pavilion here at the premises of Arabian Sea and Country Club in the presence of a host of test cricketers, businessmen and the elite of the city. Prominent among those present on the occasion were CEO Arabian Sea Country Club Arif Ali Khan Abbasi who initiated the idea of constructing an international class cricket pavilion, members of Jaffer family who sponsored the project, test cricketers, Hanif Muhammad, Aamer Sohail, Shoaib Muhammad, Iqbal Qasim, Faisal Iqbal, Salim Yousuf and managing detector NesPak Asad I.A.Khan who provided architectural expertise to the construction of the project. Abdul Qader Jaffer a former High Commissioner of Pakistan to UK and son of late Ahmed Jaffer, his uncle Yousuf Jaffer,Commander Malik Arshad Gilani,, Makhdoom Khaliq uz Zaman, Abdul Dyer ,Lt.Gen.(R) Tanveer Naqvi were other notable personalities present on the occasion. However conspicuous by their absence were officials of the KCCA who were specially invited to attend the function. Speaking on the function held on the occasion City Nazim who travelled to the club located near Pakistan Steel Mills praised the ASCC for creating sports project. He had high praise for the CEO Arif Abbasi who he said had always been in the forefront of promoting sports and in the development of infrastructure. He said it was great honor for him to be present here and added it was a happy moment that a new addition to cricket infrastructure was made. He also praised the role of Jaffer family who had provided money for the project. He said he had not seen anything like the cricket pavilion which had been named as Jaffer Pavilion after the family which had provided funds for the project. He observed that a facility like this would not be complete without floodlights and hoped that some of the businessmen attending the opening ceremony would come forward to help the ASCC light the stadium. He said he would wait for some time for the response of the businessmen and if the support was not coming from them than the CDGK itself would provide the funds to set up floodlights at the stadium. The CDGK he disclosed had already entered into arrangements to import floodlight system from Korea which would cost around 1.45coreres. Some of the floodlight imported system he said would be set up at cricket ground that the CDGK had already planned for eighteen towns. He gave in details how the CDGK was promoting cricket in the 18 towns of the city. Each town would have a cricket team of 18 players and each player would be paid Rs. 10,000 as monthly salary. There will be a coach in each town cricket team with a monthly salary of Rs. 25,000. A CDGK team of 18 players would also be selected. Each CDGK team player would be paid Rs. 25,000 and the coach of the team Rs.50, 000. Earlier welcoming the city nazim, the CEO of the ASCC Arif Ali Khan Abbasi thanked City Nazim for gracing the occasion. He underscored the importance of sponsorship and said without the support of Jaffer family the dream that he had seen to build the facility would not have seen the day. He said he was inspired by the City Nazim who had changed the face of the city by improving civil infrastructure in the city and creating constructing overhead bridges and under passes and improvements of roads. Abdul Qader Jaffer speaking on behalf of his family said Arif Ali Khan Abbasi approached him with the idea to create the facility and his family readily agreed to the suggestion. He said he and his family had high regard for Arif Ali Khan Abbasi who had contributed so much to sports and requested him to come and help him in creating another cricket pavilion at the new public school his family was constructing at Hub Road. He also requested Arif Ali Abbasi to discover new players and raise a team that would bring international laurels to Pakistan.Director Marketing and Sales Dr. Tariq Raz conducted the function.