The International Cricket Council have said they will conduct an independent review of security plans in Pakistan for their proposed home series against Sri Lanka next month.
Sri Lanka have accepted an invitation to tour Pakistan after India pulled of their scheduled series, which was due to begin in mid-January.
ICC member countries have refused to tour Pakistan due to safety fears and the ICC's chief executive officer, Haroon Lorgat, said the governing body would ensure Pakistan was safe before allowing officials to travel for the Sri Lanka series.
"I'm convinced the Sri Lankan board will do everything to ascertain whether it's safe or not," said Lorgat.
"The ICC will do an independent assessment of the situation there for the safety of the match officials. After all, we would be supplying the match officials."
