NEW DELHI: Former cricketer Waqar Younis has called on Shahid Afridi and Gautam Gambhir to end their social media war, and for India and Pakistan to resume playing cricket.
After being fierce on-field rivals, Afridi and former Indian opener Gambhir have become involved in heated social media exchanges over the troubled Kashmir region, which is claimed by both countries.
Gambhir is now a lawmaker in the Indian parliament, while Afridi has his own foundation and is a vocal activist. Waqar advised the pair to "calm down" in an online chat show. "The banter between Gambhir and Afridi has been going on for a while now. I think they both got to be smart, sensible, and calm down," said Waqar.
"It has been going on for way too long. My advice to them is to maybe catch up somewhere around the world and talk it out if you cannot really calm it down." India and Pakistan have not played a series since 2012-2013 and have hit a new peak in tensions over Kashmir, which they have fought over since their independence in 1947.
Minister emphasises that the government’s primary focus is on health and education
Protective bail of Usman Dar has been approved for seven days in the GHQ attack case
Environmental sample collected on March 06 from the ‘Haji Mureed Goth’ environmental sample collection site
Court heard the petition filed by GB High Court Bar on behalf of the father of the missing girl
This investment is expected to increase manifold after the second stage of CPEC
Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and Muhammad Khan Bhatti had filed post-arrest bail petitions