{"id":105707,"date":"2026-03-05T16:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pcb-says-agenda-driven-fake-news-targeting-players-characters-will-not-be-tolerated\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T16:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:45:23","slug":"pcb-says-agenda-driven-fake-news-targeting-players-characters-will-not-be-tolerated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pcb-says-agenda-driven-fake-news-targeting-players-characters-will-not-be-tolerated\/","title":{"rendered":"PCB says agenda-driven fake news targeting players\u2019 characters \u2018will not be tolerated\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday stated that \u201cagenda-driven fake news targeting the character of our players is unacceptable and will not be tolerated\u201d.<\/p>\n

The development comes after several Indian media outlets reported <\/a>that an unnamed member of Pakistan\u2019s squad for the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup \u201cmisbehaved\u201d with a female housekeeper at a hotel, ahead of their Super Eight match with Sri Lanka in Kandy.<\/p>\n

A similar report was also carried by ARY News<\/em>, which alleged that the player in question was Salman Mirza. The report has since been taken down.<\/p>\n

However, the PCB\u2019s statement did not make specific mention of any news reports or the allegations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgenda-driven fake news targeting the character of our players is unacceptable and will not be tolerated,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reporter must publicly apologise without delay; failing which, the PCB will take all necessary steps to ensure such malicious conduct is dealt with firmly and nipped in the bud,\u201d the board said, without specifying which reporter it was referring to.<\/p>\n

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The development came after Pakistan\u2019s lacklustre campaign at the T20 World Cup, where they were knocked out<\/a> on net run rate despite beating Sri Lanka in their final Super Eights match in Kandy.<\/p>\n

On Monday, it was reported<\/a> that the PCB had imposed a fine of Rs5 million on each member of the squad for poor performance during the tournament.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday stated that \u201cagenda-driven fake news targeting the character of our players is unacceptable and will not be tolerated\u201d. The development comes after several Indian media outlets reported that an unnamed member of Pakistan\u2019s squad for the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup \u201cmisbehaved\u201d with a female housekeeper at a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2026\/03\/05210036cd35fab.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t