• An ICC official has revealed that Pakistan sports presenter Zainab Abbas has left India.

  • She was among the three members in the ICC Digital team.

CWC 2023: ICC finally reveals why Pakistan sports presenter Zainab Abbas left the tournament midway
Zainab Abbas (Photo Source: Twitter)

Zainab Abbas, a Pakistani sports presenter, has left India during the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 for what has been described as a ‘personal reason.’

An ICC official C. Rajshekhar ﷺRao has revealed that she has returned to her nation from India. However, the exact reason for her departure was not disclosed, and it remains unclear whether she has reached Pakistan.

Earlier in the day, the Pakistan media reported that Zainab has left India and is staying at a hotel in Dubai. She will soon board the f🥃light ꧃to her hometown in Lahore.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is yet to comment on the matter.

Media reports in India have suggested that Zainab’s past social media posts had come under scrutiny since the start of the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup on October 5.

A complaint was filed in Delhi last week (on October 5) by a local lawyer, who accused Zainab of posting “derogatory” twꦜeets targeting the Hindu faith in the past.

The complaint was rooted in screenshots o♈f posts made by an account with Abbas’ name in the T♔witter handle on micro-blogging site X (formerly Twitter) in 2014.

However, aꦰnother tweet of hers, which was indeed from her official account, was cited in the complaint merely because of its pro-Kashmir content.

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The complainant had also sought a registration of a first information report (FIR) against the presenter under various sections of the law “for making disparaging remarks about Hinduism and for anti-India statements”.

In his post on X, the advocate demanded that Zainab should be removed from the list of presenters for the ongoin꧙g World Cup.

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On October 7, the advocate shared a redacted version of another letter he sent to the Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah. The letter in question contained the recipient’s name and the subject and sought action against the presenter for her alleged anti-Hindu remarks.

(With inputs from the Dawn)

 

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