ISLAMABAD – Former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq is hale and hearty,after news broke out on the internet about his death in an accident.
In the wee hours of Wednesday, it was reported that Razzaq had beeninvolved in a fatal accident but the Lahore-born has brushed aside the newsin a video message.
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— Abdul Razzaq (@ARazzaqPak) July 10, 2018link>
“A post on social media [Facebook] said that I was involved in an accidentand subsequently died,” said Razzaq. “There is no truth in such a thing asI am alive and well.”
He added: “People should refrain from posting such fake news on socialmedia without properly investigating the story.”
The flamboyant player featured in over three hundred international matchesfor Pakistan, in a career which lasted nearly two decades.