Pakistan has suspended the broadcast of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the country's information and broadcasting minister, Fawad Chaudhry, confirmed.

The decision comes a month after DSport, the official broadcasters of Pakistan Super League (PSL) in India, stopped the coverage of the tournament to protest the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel.

Indian company IMG Reliance had also pulled out of its deal to produce the television coverage of the PSL worldwide, forcing the Pakistan-based T20 league to find a new production company midway into the tournament.

'During the PSL, the way the Indian companies and the government treated Pakistan cricket after that, we can't tolerate that IPL is shown in Pakistan,' Chaudhry told ARY News.

The minister also accused the Indian team of politicising cricket. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to take action against the Indian cricket team for sporting camouflage caps during an ODI in a five-match series against Australia. However, the ICC had confirmed that the BCCI had taken permission before the players wore the army caps.

'We tried to keep politics and cricket apart, but then the Indian cricket team played matches wearing army caps against Australia and there was no action taken against it,' the minister said.

'I feel if IPL is not shown in Pakistan, it will be a loss for IPL and Indian cricket. We are a cricketing superpower in international cricket,' Chaudhry claimed.

The twelfth edition of the IPL will begin on March 23 with the defending champions Chennai Super Kings taking on Royal Challengers Bangalore.