Celebrities bash PTV Sports for body shamming Azam Khan
Celebrities bash PTV Sports for body shamming Azam Khan!
A number of Pakistani celebrities took to social media calling out the national sports channel for an offensive joke that was shared on PTV Sports’ official social media accounts during the first T20 match against England on social media.
Whoever running the Twitter accounts, had mocked the cricketer for his weight sharing a bizarre caption.
However, the post was taken down after severe criticism.
A picture of Azam Khan was posted on the PTV Sports timeline with the caption meaning, “He eats a lot but doesn’t hit much.”
Actor Adnan Siddiqui strongly criticized PTV Sports, in a tweet saying, “Absolutely disgusting and unacceptable. People at PTV Sports need immediate lessons insensitivity.”
Absolutely disgusting and unacceptable. People at #PTVSports need immediate lessons in sensitivity. #stopbodyshaming pic.twitter.com/7mX4gjjmrC
— Adnan Siddiqui (@adnanactor) July 19, 2021
Actor Faizan Shaikh registered his protest saying, “Shame on you,” he wrote. “Making fun of national players! Body shaming a player who is representing your country on the highest level. No wonder your quality has gone down the drain.”
Actor and composer Haroon Shahid posted a screenshot of the PTV Sports comment on his Instagram story saying, “At first I thought this is some fake page running under the name of PTV Sports. To my surprise, it wasn’t! Is this how we are going to ridicule our players?!”
Popular actor turned host Faysal Quraishi responded to the development in his Instagram story saying, “Shame on you {TV Sports.”
Actor Ali Ansari also shared comments in his Instagram story:
A number of netizens also came forward criticizing the state-run sports channel:
What sort of society do we live in where a truly amazing sportsman is failed to believe that he deserves basic respect from the national TV as he represents his country at an international level regardless of the shape of the body. This was a low blow @PTVSp0rts #AzamBodyShamed pic.twitter.com/C4D9EflnJn
— Ammara Qazi (@Ammara_Kazi) July 19, 2021
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