disallowed from taking Palestinian flags<\/a> and banners with messages of solidarity with Gazans into the stadiums.<\/p>\nA woman was intimidated by security officials in Lahore to let go of such banners during the early days of the ninth season of the PSL. Meanwhile, in Karachi, two videos went viral of police personnel snatching Palestinian flags from supporters who were displaying them in the stands.<\/p>\n
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had remained silent over the issue since it emerged on social media for the first time and its newly-elected chairman Mohsin Naqvi deflected it to provincial governments.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything related to law and order is a subject of the provincial government, who are entitled to whatever action they may take,\u201d Naqvi said when enquired about the incidents in a press conference during the final. \u201cI can\u2019t even direct the interior minister on how to go about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can discuss law and order, but I can\u2019t give them a policy. It\u2019s the province\u2019s policy, I can\u2019t intervene in it,\u201d added the PCB chief, who is also the federal interior minister.<\/p>\n
In contrast to Naqvi\u2019s take on the issue, Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan did not hold back from expressing what the gesture of carrying Palestinian flags in the team\u2019s victory lap meant to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was very important for us,\u201d he said in the post-match presser. \u201cAll of us decided it together.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m grateful for the opportunity that God gave us to do the things that we can do [about the Palestine issue].\u201d<\/p>\n
United\u2019s gesture wasn\u2019t too different from that of several sports fans in the world, who have officially recorded their protests by displaying banners and fans in arenas.<\/p>\n
Such protests were seen during Scottish Premiership matches by Celtic fans last month and also in the recently-held Asian Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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