India and Pakistan won’t engage in any bilateral sporting clash, but the cricket team will not be stopped from playing in the multilateral Asia Cup next month, the Sports Ministry said on Thursday.

The ministry unveiled the new policy regarding India’s international engagements with emphasis on Pakistan. Sources said it is effective immediately.

Meanwhile, the Sports Ministry would like the much-awaited BCCI elections in September to be conducted as per the National Sports Governance Act, but the cricketing body can hold them under the Supreme Court-approved Lodha Committee recommendations if the new legislation’s rules are not notified by that time, a sports ministry source said.