FORMER Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi has recently tweeted in favour of innocent Kashmiris and has asked the United Nations to take notice of mass killings of unarmed protesters in India-occupied Kashmir.

The Indian media could not digest this tweet. Indian journalist and television news anchor Arnab Goswami criticised the Indian cricketers for not taking a tough stance against Afridi’s tweet.

Bollywood stars and Indian cricketers are often forced by the Indian media to give statements against Pakistan to show their so-called ‘desh bakhthi’.

In an interview, Afridi said it was the Indian media which never let good relations between Pakistan and India flourish. Well said, Afridi.

Saddam Kiazai
Kalat

Published in Dawn, April 19th, 2018