Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor was caught on camera playing cricket in the streets of Karachi on Friday night.
Taking to Twitter, former captain of the Pakistan cricket team Shahid Afridi tweeted about the video and thanked the security forces saying, “City of Lights back in colours. Karachi boys enjoying late night road cricket with DG ISPR. Missed the opportunity being at Turkey. Thank you our brave security forces.”
Thank you Lala. Yes missed you. If you were there no one would have given me the bat!
Great to see the vibrant youth of Karachi. Thanks to sacrifices of Sindh Rangers, Police, LEAs and the resilient Pakistanis. https://t.co/etAlspewIR— Asif Ghafoor (@peaceforchange) December 22, 2018
In response, Major Ghafoor tweeted, “Thank you Lala. Yes missed you. If you were there no one would have given me the bat! Great to see the vibrant youth of Karachi. Thanks to sacrifices of Sindh Rangers, Police, LEAs and the resilient Pakistanis.”
Following this, Karachi Mayor Imran Ismail also tweeted about the video and said, “What a pleasant sight, life of Karachi restored Alhamdollilah. This is the video of Maj Gen Asif Ghaffor playing cricket on the streets of Karachi. Thanks to Pak Army, Rangers and LEA’s for bringing peace back to the beautiful city of Quaid.”
What a pleasant sight, life of Karachi restored Alhamdollilah. This is the video of Maj Gen Asif Ghaffor @OfficialDGISPR playing cricket on the streets of Karachi. Thanks to Pak Army, Rangers and LEA’s for bringing peace back to the beautiful city of Quaid. pic.twitter.com/9RQxoDeTFC
— Imran Ismail (@ImranIsmailPTI) December 22, 2018
