Times of Islamabad

Pakistan Military spokesperson takes a veiled dig at India

Pakistan Military spokesperson takes a veiled dig at India

ISLAMBAD – Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General MajorGeneral Asif Ghafoor on Friday (yesterday) night trolled Indian cricketteam for wearing army caps in third One Day International (ODI) againstAustralia.

From his personal account, Ghafoor praised Pakistan-born Australian batsmanUsman Khawaja as he wrote: “Well played #UsmanKhuaja.”

Here is the tweet:

Well played #UsmanKhuajalinkpic.twitter.com/SAsl5H2vSV link

— Asif Ghafoor (@peaceforchange) March 8, 2019link

The director general tweeted it after Indian cricket team wore militarycaps, mixing politics with sports once again and violating the ICC code ofconduct.

The Indian cricket team wore the caps in context of recent tensions withPakistan during which India violated Pakistani airspace on February 26 andin retaliation Pakistan Air Force (PAF) shot down two Indian fighting jetsand captured one pilot, Abhinandan.