Imran criticised for comparing terror attacks to
cricket
LONDON, Sep 23 (PNS): Pakistani leaders have strongly criticised former
cricket captain Imran Khan for comparing the terror attacks in the U.S. to
a game of cricket.
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Imran criticised for comparing terror attacks to cricket
Updated on 2001-09-23 12:53:53
LONDON, Sep 23 (PNS): Pakistani leaders have strongly criticised former cricket captain Imran Khan for comparing the terror attacks in the U.S. to a game of cricket.
The Times of London quoted Imran as saying in Islamabad: “When I was playing cricket, if I was hit by a fast ball I never rubbed the area and let a fast bowler know I had been hurt, but America has shown its vulnerability.”
The former Pakistani cricketer said the U.S. had shown its vulnerability through media reports of what it had suffered.
Suspected Islamic terrorists attacked New York and Washington September 11 by crashing hijacked U.S. aircraft into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon respectively. Saudi exile Osama bin Laden is a prime suspect in the attacks.
“The existence of the mass media actually goes against America’s security because people watch the pictures on television of the buildings being hit by aircraft, and they see the U.S. stock market collapsing,” Khan said. “I am almost for censorship on this occasion.”
He said, “I think the Americans don’t understand that this is a complicated new ball game.”
Leaders of several Pakistani parties in Britain rounded on Imran for his comments. “For years Imran Khan has been comparing everything with cricket but we did not think he would do it this time,” said a senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) who is close to party chief Benazir Bhutto.
“The leader of a party hoping to play a national role should not be suggesting that America has been hit by a cricket ball,” he said.
A coordinator in London for former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (PML) said it was “foolish” to suggest that the American media should not cover an event like this. “The poor performance of Imran Khan’s party shows that the people of Pakistan vote wisely,” he added
SUDDENLY AMERICA HAS BECOME THE SACRED "HOLY
COW"IT IS BLASHPHEMY TO EVEN TALK ABOUT IT!!!
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When was i for real?
I am myself a dream
I always see you
watching me tenderly