Sky Sports face down Pakistan authorities over Michael Atherton's interview with Imran Khan's sons

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The Pakistan Cricket Board threatened to tell its team not to take the field yesterday afternoon if Sky Sports screened a Michael Atherton interview with Imran Khan's two sons.

Sky delayed the broadcast while conversations with the board took place, but to their credit eventually broadcast the 18-minute insert.

In the interview, reports Cricinfo, Imran's sons Suleiman and Kasim Khan expressed concern about the health of their father, who has been in prison for three years, and said they feared for his life.