Wasim Akram’s mother Shaniera jokes about her father apropos PM of Pakistan

The news uncover incidentally played out some footage of Wasim Akram instead of his former teammate-turned-politician Imran Khan recently

Wasim Akram's mother Shaniera jokes about her father apropos PM of Pakistan

Wasim Akram’s mother Shaniera had a impertinent respond to an online user after BBC’s Newsnight played out some footage of her father instead of his former teammate-turned-politician Imran Khan recently.

The news uncover was documenting Khan’s tour from being a cricket favourite to using for a post fo Pakistan’s Prime Minister. But instead of display a right-handed all-rounder in action, a uncover aired footage of left-arm pacer Akram demolishing a batsman’s stumps. After amicable media users forked out a gaffe, BBC apologised on Twitter.

Imran Khan
Imran Khan

Yesterday, one user tagged Shaniera with a tweeted, “Your father is about to be a Prime Minister of Pakistan. Congrats.” To which, she replied, “He pronounced he was usually going to Lahore to vote!” Earlier, during a finish of a programme, presenter Evan Davis said: “We done a mistake in a opening tonight. The footage we showed was of a cricketer Wasim Akram not Imran Khan. Don’t know how that happened, frank apologies.”

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