ISLAMABAD (AP):

Pakistan has taken the International Cricket Council to court, filing a case yesterday against the ICC's attempt to move the headquarters of the 2011 World Cup to India.

The move was the latest in Pakistan's efforts to retain the 2011 event, despite being stripped of it on security grounds by the ICC.

Last month, the ICC's board shifted the central secretariat for the World Cup from Lahore to India's financial hub Mumbai.

"The (ICC) board has no authority to move the secretariat and that's why we have filed the case," PCB's legal adviser Tafazzul Rizvi told the AP.

Civil judge Mohammad Younis Anis sent notices to the ICC, IDI - a commercial arm of the ICC - and the central organising committee to respond to the PCB's suit by May 18.

"The judge has recorded our preliminary statement and now let's see how the three parties respond to the notices," Rizvi said.

Co-hosting status

Last week the PCB sent a legal notice to the ICC, saying its removal as a World Cup host was in contravention of the ICC Articles of Association and yesterday requested the ICC's Dispute Resolution Committee refer the issue to the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Britain.

Pakistan's co-hosting status effectively ended when gunmen attacked the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore on March 3.