Safety and security arrangements for the ICC [ Images ] Champions Trophy [ Images ] in Pakistan are satisfactory, ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat [ Images ] said on Tuesday.

"As far as the ICC is concerned the safety and security is satisfactory," the head of the cricket's world governing body told a news conference at Lord's in London [ Images ] on Tuesday.

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Asked if next month's event could be moved to Sri Lanka [ Images ], which is the ICC's alternate venue, Lorgat said: "I think the time has passed".

He was in London with the International Cricket Council's [ Images ] Task Team to brief the England [ Images ] and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) about arrangements for the Champions Trophy, which is due to be played in Karachi and Lahore [ Images ] starting from September 12.