{"id":62930,"date":"2024-02-22T00:03:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T00:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pro-palestine-banners-barred-at-psl-games\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T00:03:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T00:03:09","slug":"pro-palestine-banners-barred-at-psl-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pro-palestine-banners-barred-at-psl-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Palestine banners barred at PSL games"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KARACHI: Upon entering the Gaddafi Stadium to attend the Pakistan Super League match between home side Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators on Monday night, Faryal was stopped at the venue\u2019s gates by security personnel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey acted like I\u2019m carrying a weapon with me,\u201d Faryal wrote on X<\/a>, after expressing her anger and frustration on the social media platform.<\/p>\n

As a matter of fact, the match-goer had no weapon on her. What irked the guards on the entry gate was that she was openly in possession of a banner, on which was printed the slogan \u201cPalestine Will Be Free\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not allowed inside,\u201d they told Faryal, as she narrated to Dawn<\/em> a day later. \u201cThis is a political message, it is controversial and may hurt some people. If you want to go inside, you\u2019ve to leave it here.\u201d<\/p>\n

How the guards behaved, Faryal said, \u201cscared my younger siblings who were accompanying me and I chose not to argue\u201d.<\/p>\n

What the guards did was their job; abiding by one of the terms and conditions printed behind the PSL tickets; \u201cPosters, banners, or placards, depicting religious, political, or racial discrimination in the form of text or pictures are strictly prohibited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faryal\u2019s message, however, was in line with Pakistan\u2019s stance regarding Israel\u2019s occupation of Palestine.<\/p>\n

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