The attack on Sri Lanka cricket team 3 months ago in Lahore, Pakistan was a terrible shock to everyone. Lahoris pulled together, paid tribute to the fallen and were apologetic that the Sri Lankan team was attacked on their soil.

The Sri Lankan Cricket team was attacked in Lahore on March 3rd 2009, while on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium. They were to play the third day of the second Test against the Pakistan Cricket team. Six Pakistani Policemen and two civilians were killed in this attack, while six members of the Sri Lankan Cricket team were injured. The Sri Lankan Cricket called off the play, and returned to Sri Lankan immediately.

It was a misty March morning in the city of Lahore, and I was being driven to South Asian Media School from the guest house for the session along with the fellow female journalists from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Maldives. I got a text message on my Sri Lankan mobile saying “The Sri Lankan Cricket team was attacked in Lahore, near Gaddafi Stadium”. When I broke the news to my colleagues in the van, one of the fellow journalists who was seated in front, immediately tuned to the local Radio station to get the updates, and the rest of us began to call our journalists friends in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and other parts of the world.

The city of Lahore is known as the "City of Saints". It has a very deep culture.

People of Pakistan continued to pay tribute to the fallen Policemen and civilians throughout the day. People from all walks of life lit candles and laid bouquets of flowers in front of the portraits of these Policemen, who sacrificed their lives to save the lives of Sri Lankan Cricketers.

It was a surprise to me, when my Pakistani Journalist friend Muniba Gull, and her journalist husband Azad took me to the Liberty Circle (Liberty Market), and bought a bouquet of flowers and handed it over to me. They joined me in paying tribute to those who laid their lives. Along with them many people from Pakistan kept sending text messages and emails, and apologized for what has happened.