The allegations on Babar Azam by her old neighbor, Hamiza Mukhtar, havesent shockwaves down the spine of the Pakistan Cricket Board. The newlyappointed captain of all three formats has been accused of torture, sexualabuse, and eloping with her former schoolmate.
The allegations were made by Hamiza herself in a press conference onSaturday in Lahore. She said that Babar had promised to marry her 10 yearsago. After the refusal of their families, they eloped and Babar hadpromised to marry her in court. But after being named the captain of thenational side, he refused to marry her.——————————
She also presented proof of their relationship by revealing their WhatsAppmessages and presenting documents of their visits to hospitals.
Let’s have a look at the allegations that have been made against the26-year old and see if they hold true or not.
Hamiza said that Babar eloped with her in 2011 and wanted to marry incourt. In 2011, Babar was 16 years old and according to Pakistani law, aperson must be at least 18-years-old to marry in court. The NationalIdentity Card is a must to marry in court.
According to Hamiza, she bore all expenses of Babar Azam from 2010 up until2014, by working and later opening her own salon. Babar Azam was part ofthe Under-19 Pakistan team in 2009/10, he later went onto captain the sidein the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In 2010, he was employed byZarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd. and played cricket for the departmental side. Hewent onto represent State Bank of Pakistan in 2014 and Sui Northern GasCorp. in 2015.
Questions can be raised about the credibility of her statement that shesupported Babar financially during the early part of his career due to thefact that Babar was already employed by the departments and was captainingthe Under-19 side.——————————
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She stated that Babar hadn’t entered the cricketing set up in Pakistan atthis moment in time, which is certainly untrue.
To prove that the two were in a relationship, Hamiza presented a picture ofherself and Babar Azam together. Many people have raised the credibility ofthe picture as it looks photoshopped.
Have a look at the picture below and judge for yourselves:
She also presented Whatsapp messages exchanged between the two as proof.
She shared pictures of hospital documents of their visits in 2016 as well.
