A Twitter user who goes by the username ffaryall is going viral on the microblogging website when she revealed how police officers held her back from attending the PSL match because she was holding a banner that said ‘Free Palestine’.
fuck psl fuck psl fucking cu@nts didn’t let me take the free palestine banner, the reason being “ispe controversial baat likhi hai” fuvking dumb tone deaf uneducated people WANT TO LEAVE
— f (@ffaryall) February 19, 2024
The tweet immediately gained traction, with even journalist Zarrar Khurro, who questioned how such a degrading policy was even created in the first place.
What is this @TheRealPCBMedia @TheRealPCBMedia is it policy to NOT allow ‘free palestine’ banners in a match? Kindly clarify https://t.co/wTtG2pmvDb
— Zarrar Khuhro (@ZarrarKhuhro) February 20, 2024
The twitter user ffaryall shared she had expressed her solidarity with Palestine by writing ‘Free Palestine’ on her hand, and shared a picture of it.
anyways cry @TheRealPCB https://t.co/ksGxD6daAb pic.twitter.com/oHxdz8j8ux
— f (@ffaryall) February 19, 2024
The tweet drew backlash from Twitter users who questioned the way PSL chose to include alleged harassers as ambassadors of the biggest cricket event in Pakistan, and had selected the brands which were included in the boycott list by BDS as the official snack ambassadors.
from alleged harassers as ambassadors and genocide supporting brands as sponsors to banning ‘free palestine’ banners, psl is showing absolute trash behavior all around this year. https://t.co/Nr04XT2hl3
— Faizan 🇵🇸 (@thoraoffbeat) February 19, 2024
But hiring a sexu*l harass*r isn’t controversial at all. @thePSLt20 fuck you https://t.co/tOtfbXLcMa
— 🔅 (@pkpopculture) February 19, 2024
Previously, PSL drew extensive outrage from social media when it was announced that Ali Zafar, who is currently facing several accusations of alleged sexual harassment and abuse, was selected to sing the PSL anthem. On February 15, Zafar released the track ‘Khul Ke Khel’ which garnered a divided response from audiences, with majority of users expressing their disappointment.
Lmao imagine running a campaign for years to make a silly song and the other party agreeing to make half the country’s population mad and running into a PR disaster to let you do it.
Only to come up with a song that sounds like it should have been released in 2001. https://t.co/o17QtnXIWZ
— Aimun (@bluemagicboxes) February 14, 2024
What is this shit?
Niether the video nor the lyrics representing, that it’s the PSL Anthem.
Sounds more like some movie song. https://t.co/LKBPLrffsT— Ramiz (@Ramiz_Hasan) February 14, 2024
