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      <title>PCB draws criticism for Azam Khan’s controversial fine</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is facing backlash from the netizens as they are expressing anguish after a wicketkeeper cum batter Azam Khan was fined by the board for expressing solidarity with Palestinians and pasting Gaza’s flag on his bat.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Azam Khan was fined 50% of the match fee in the national T20 tournament.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Talking to the &lt;strong&gt;Geo News&lt;/strong&gt;, PCB has explained Azam Khan was fined for using an unapproved logo.  Azam Khan was also forbidden by the match referee to put a sticker of the Palestinian flag on the bat but he refused to remove it and in response added that he had the same sticker on his all bats.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Under the Code of Conduct of the cricket board, players cannot place unapproved stickers on kits or equipment, and players cannot display religious or political message stickers during matches.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The match referee took action against Azam Khan for violating the code of conduct.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, Azam Khan was fined for the act, but Legendary Rashid Latif and Dr Nauman Niaz appreciated Azam for his expression in their podcast.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Azamk555/status/1728862379394703568?s"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Similarly, Azam’s act captured the attention of internet users who were not happy with PCB’s response.
A user requested to boycott PCB until the issue not resolved.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '&gt;&lt;span&gt;
    &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/YassarAltaf99/status/1728885527209001338?s"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Netizens are terming Azam’s act as ‘respectful’ and they believe that he won their heart with his support to Palestine for years.&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/babrazam358/status/1728853281404076267?s"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Some shared the picture of the PCB logo with Israel and wrote “Sham on PCB”.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '&gt;&lt;span&gt;
    &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/_Dr_Sana_K_/status/1728887477333860650?s"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;“First PCB forced Muhammad Rizwan to delete a tweet which was in favour of Gaza then they didn’t allow Azam to post anything now fined Azam Khan,” wrote an X user.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '&gt;&lt;span&gt;
    &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Tehseenqasim/status/1728990438022144114?s"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is facing backlash from the netizens as they are expressing anguish after a wicketkeeper cum batter Azam Khan was fined by the board for expressing solidarity with Palestinians and pasting Gaza’s flag on his bat.</strong></p>
<p>Azam Khan was fined 50% of the match fee in the national T20 tournament.</p>
<p>Talking to the <strong>Geo News</strong>, PCB has explained Azam Khan was fined for using an unapproved logo.  Azam Khan was also forbidden by the match referee to put a sticker of the Palestinian flag on the bat but he refused to remove it and in response added that he had the same sticker on his all bats.</p>
<p>Under the Code of Conduct of the cricket board, players cannot place unapproved stickers on kits or equipment, and players cannot display religious or political message stickers during matches.</p>
<p>The match referee took action against Azam Khan for violating the code of conduct.</p>
<p>However, Azam Khan was fined for the act, but Legendary Rashid Latif and Dr Nauman Niaz appreciated Azam for his expression in their podcast.</p>
<p>    <figure class='media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch  media--embed  media--uneven'>
        <div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '><span>
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        <a href="https://twitter.com/Azamk555/status/1728862379394703568?s"></a>
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<p>Similarly, Azam’s act captured the attention of internet users who were not happy with PCB’s response.
A user requested to boycott PCB until the issue not resolved.</p>
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        <div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '><span>
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        <a href="https://twitter.com/YassarAltaf99/status/1728885527209001338?s"></a>
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<p>Netizens are terming Azam’s act as ‘respectful’ and they believe that he won their heart with his support to Palestine for years.</p>
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        <div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '><span>
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        <a href="https://twitter.com/babrazam358/status/1728853281404076267?s"></a>
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<p>Some shared the picture of the PCB logo with Israel and wrote “Sham on PCB”.</p>
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        <div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '><span>
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        <a href="https://twitter.com/_Dr_Sana_K_/status/1728887477333860650?s"></a>
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<p>“First PCB forced Muhammad Rizwan to delete a tweet which was in favour of Gaza then they didn’t allow Azam to post anything now fined Azam Khan,” wrote an X user.</p>
<p>    <figure class='media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch  media--embed  media--uneven'>
        <div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '><span>
    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
        <a href="https://twitter.com/Tehseenqasim/status/1728990438022144114?s"></a>
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