After Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan threatened India with a war over the Kashmir issue, former cricketer Javed Miandad has spread venom in a video that's going viral on social media.
Claiming to show solidarity with the Kashmiris, Miandad, while wearing the Pakistan cricket team's one-day jersey, is seen saying that if he can play with a bat and hit sixes, he can also wield a sword.
“Kashmiri brothers, don’t worry. We are with you. Earlier I used a bat to hit a six, now I can use this sword. If I can hit a sixer with a bat, can’t I kill a man with a sword?” the former Pakistan captain said in the video while brandishing a sword.
Earlier, Miandad had also said that he will visit the Line of Control (LoC) with other sportspersons from Pakistan who were willing to join him. The former Pakistan captain said that they will hoist a flag for peace at the LoC, IANS reported.
“I will go to the border for peace. I will call all the top people, the sports people and everyone. I will go there and tell everyone about peace. I will go with a peace flag. I will tell people that we want peace and we are with the Kashmiri people,” Miandad had said in a video posted on his Twitter handle.
Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi had also said that he will soon visit the LoC to "express solidarity with our Kashmiri brethren" following India's decision to end the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcate the state into two Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, IANS reported.
‘Openly Advocating for Killing People’
Indians took to Twitter to react to the video, with some taking a humorous approach to his threat.
Most people however, criticised him for his comments, asking where he had picked up this philosophy and saying that he had shown his true colours.
One Twitter user also tagged International Cricket Council, pointing out that Miandad was openly advocating for killing people.
One person also extended a challenge to the former cricketer, warning him that the Indian Army would be waiting for him.
(With inputs from IANS.)
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