<p class="title">India may request the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to shift next month's Davis Cup tie against Pakistan from Islamabad to a neutral venue because of the prevailing tensions between the neighbours, an Indian official told Reuters on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan said on Wednesday it would expel India's ambassador and suspend bilateral trade with its arch-rival after New Delhi stripped its portion of the contested Kashmir region of special status.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The All India Tennis Association (AITA) named a six-member squad under captain Mahesh Bhupathi on Monday for the Sept. 14-15 tie in Islamabad but subsequent developments have put a question mark on the fate of the contest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"As of now, there's no change to our plans but we'll wait for a few days and see if the situation merits a review," AITA secretary general Hironmoy Chatterjee said by telephone.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"A lot has changed over the last few days and we may ask ITF to review the situation and take a call. It's not for us to take a call.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If needed, we'll ask ITF to see if they, keeping players' safety I mind, can shift the tie to a neutral venue where both teams feel safe and comfortable."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chatterjee dismissed reports that any Indian player has security apprehensions about playing in Islamabad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Nothing of that sort, they are fine. We've named our squad only after speaking to them."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan have twice waged war over Kashmir and in February engaged in an aerial clash.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's cricket team has not toured Pakistan since 2007 and bilateral cricketing ties between them have remained suspended since 2008. </p>
<p class="title">India may request the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to shift next month's Davis Cup tie against Pakistan from Islamabad to a neutral venue because of the prevailing tensions between the neighbours, an Indian official told Reuters on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan said on Wednesday it would expel India's ambassador and suspend bilateral trade with its arch-rival after New Delhi stripped its portion of the contested Kashmir region of special status.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The All India Tennis Association (AITA) named a six-member squad under captain Mahesh Bhupathi on Monday for the Sept. 14-15 tie in Islamabad but subsequent developments have put a question mark on the fate of the contest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"As of now, there's no change to our plans but we'll wait for a few days and see if the situation merits a review," AITA secretary general Hironmoy Chatterjee said by telephone.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"A lot has changed over the last few days and we may ask ITF to review the situation and take a call. It's not for us to take a call.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If needed, we'll ask ITF to see if they, keeping players' safety I mind, can shift the tie to a neutral venue where both teams feel safe and comfortable."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chatterjee dismissed reports that any Indian player has security apprehensions about playing in Islamabad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Nothing of that sort, they are fine. We've named our squad only after speaking to them."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan have twice waged war over Kashmir and in February engaged in an aerial clash.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's cricket team has not toured Pakistan since 2007 and bilateral cricketing ties between them have remained suspended since 2008. </p>