Couldn't say for sure, but I don't think this one is by Nadeem F. Paracha[DAWN] A PML-N politician during a National Assembly committee meeting on Wednesday said cricket players should offer prayers instead of doing push-ups following a victory.
MNA Rana Muhammad Afzal said during an Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee meeting that while physical movement was a healthy activity, "it would have been better if the players offered nawafil (special prayers) instead of doing press-ups on the victory".
Questions were raised over the cricket team's unusual celebrations during the meeting, as the politician wondered why Misbah and his men did push-ups only when the team won and remained silent when they lost.
"What message are Misbah-ul-Haq and other players giving to the world by doing push-ups?" asked Afzal.
Pakistain Cricket Board (PCB) Executive Committee Chairman Najam Sethi earlier told the meeting that cricket players 'had been stopped' from performing push-ups after winning matches. He later clarified in a tweet that the celebrations were done "at the discretion of players".
"Sajda or pushups are done at the discretion of players," Sethi said. "PCB highly appreciates the fitness training facilities of the Pakistain Army, utilised thrice in six years."