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Imran Riaz Khan speaking on his YouTube Channel:
“Shahid Afridi, who has served as a player for the national team of Pakistan, is adored by the Pakistani nation. He is among those players who have received immense love and is recognized as a national hero. There are many players, such as Javed Miandad, who are considered heroes at his level in Pakistan cricket. Shahid Afridi has a large fan base. Shoaib Akhtar, on the other hand, is unparalleled. While people in Pakistan and perhaps elsewhere in the world may like Shahid Afridi, there is no one like Shoaib Akhtar in the entire world. He has a massive following in India, Australia, the West Indies, and all over the world. Shoaib Akhtar is universally liked, not just in Pakistan. He is indeed a great player.”
“Wasim Akram is an unparalleled bowler, a wizard in the cricket world. He is someone from whom the world believes one can only learn. He has a great mind for cricket. There are many big names in Pakistan cricket, such as Waqar Younis, Aaqib Javed, Kamran Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Qadir, Saeed Anwar, Aamir Sohail, Basit Ali, Mohammad Zahid, and Rashid Latif, among others.”
“Pakistan has many heroes, one of them being Shahid Afridi. These heroes strive to preserve their names and avoid causing public heartache. They refrain from doing anything that would hurt people’s feelings because they understand that people have emotional attachments to them. Shahid Afridi often crosses people’s red line. For instance, he has expressed political support for Shehbaz Sharif, which is something people like him usually avoid. They do not want to lose their hero status for minor positions. Shahid Afridi has put his hero status at stake for minor positions.”
“There is no other reason to praise Shehbaz Sharif. The whole world, Pakistani citizens, and institutions believe that Shehbaz Sharif’s capability is such that he managed to sink a well-running country. In economic matters, inflation matters, law and order matters, and in everything else, he brought Pakistan down. Everyone knows what kind of administrator Shehbaz Sharif is and what his capabilities are. He needs to be led by the hand.”
“So, if Shahid Afridi praises such a person, it hurts people’s feelings. But people have tolerated it. That is, those who looted the country and were praised by Shahid Afridi, people tolerated it. But when Pakistan’s most popular leader, whose right was taken away, who was put in jail, who had more than cases made against him, when Imran Khan was shot, no condemnation from Shahid Afridi came to light at that time.”
“The way they speak out, we did not see Shahid Afridi speak at that time. But on this matter, Shahid Afridi was silenced and did not speak on many things. But whenever the matter of Shehbaz Sharif came up, he spoke. Now when he opposed Imran Khan and openly criticized his politics, people’s tolerance responded, and then a series of criticism started on Shahid Afridi.”
“Shahid Afridi is a player whose short selection all commentators say is very bad. That is, he gets out by hitting the wrong shot at the wrong time and they always do this. He has been out many times at zero. The Pakistan team needed him many times and also won matches for Pakistan. Like he came in a memorable match against India and won it for Pakistan. But he also lost many matches for Pakistan just by playing the wrong shot. So, he also played a wrong shot here.”
“He should have kept his hero status and should have avoided such things that hurt the public. You will never see Shahid Afridi speaking against oppression or speaking against things where people are being oppressed. He never speaks. Whenever he speaks, he speaks in favor of Shehbaz Sharif or PDM or against Imran Khan. Now I don’t know who forces him to do these things. He should have a strong personality and should have courage. If someone is a national hero then what is right, they should say it. And if they don’t do this, then what is happening with them, they will have to bear it.”
“When a person like Shahid Afridi, whom the nation has declared a hero, has to face such criticism that comes in front of him because of his own actions, it sounds a bit strange to me and it hurts my heart.”
