Followers expressed astonishment on the oversight, highlighting Khan’s standing as a star performer who clinched Pakistan’s sole World Cup victory in one-day cricket. The transfer drew sharp criticism, questioning how the cricket board may overlook Khan’s exceptional contributions.
Imran Khan, having transitioned from a cricketer to a politician, based the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) get together after retiring from the game. Presently, he stays incarcerated in Attock Jail, Punjab province, since August 5, following a conviction in a corruption case, leading to a three-year sentence.
The Election Fee of Pakistan later disqualified the 70-year-old chief and barred him from politics for 5 years.
The PTI, nonetheless, complained that Khan is being stored in appalling circumstances within the jail.
Khan was the captain in 1992 when the Pakistani cricket workforce lifted the world cup however he was fully lacking from the whole two-minute and 20-second video launched on August 14 to mark Pakistan’s Independence Day.
Khan, who has a large following throughout Pakistan, is without doubt one of the most celebrated cricketers within the cash-strapped nation in addition to throughout the globe.
“#ShameOnPCB” was one of many high tendencies on Twitter on Monday night in Pakistan.
“To PCB’s present determination makers — even while you weren’t born, Khan was incomes delight for the nation. What you probably did was fairly shameful. Legend Imran Khan is ruling hearts even after your low try however you may be ridiculed all the time for this,” Jibran Ilays mentioned on X, previously often called Twitter.
“They aren’t displaying him within the cricket historical past of Pakistan however it’s certain when the historical past of Pakistan shall be written, his identify shall be written in golden phrases. He shall be remembered as a hero, an inspiration for hundreds of thousands and an ideal chief,” Khalid Butt mentioned on X.
“That is how heroes are handled in Pakistan. How can they overlook the person who is known as the King of the Cricket World? Pakistan received the title of the 1992 World Cup simply due to this man. Disgrace in your act; disgrace on you,” Naina mentioned.
“The place is the Captain Imran Khan the one man who received World Cup for Pakistan? Idiots in PCB do not realise that they’re solely insulting themselves..!” asks Moeed Pirzada, the CEO & Editor International Village House and a distinguished Columnist.
The PCB in response to 1000’s of tweets in opposition to it and people behind this determination mentioned: “Making historical past is not nearly in the future, it is in regards to the legends we create and the tales we script. Pakistan Cricket Staff – a legacy that echoes by way of time.”
Show of Khan’s image (picture) or carrying his assertion, tweet or else has been banned within the Pakistani media since Might 9 assaults on the army installations by his supporters after he was arrested in a corruption case.
Presently, over 10,000 PTI employees, together with girls, have been lodged in numerous jails of the nation in reference to assaults on army and state buildings.
The federal government additionally banned the show of Khan’s get together flags throughout Independence Day. In Punjab, police on Monday reportedly rounded up over a dozen employees of Khan’s get together for carrying the get together flags on Independence Day in numerous elements of the Punjab province.
(With PTI Inputs)