Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) management committee head Zaka Ashraf on late Sunday leaked Babar Azam personal WhatsApp messages on LIVE TV.
The PCB chief’s actions raise ethical concerns because it’s unknown if Pakistan captain Babar Azam gave his permission to share his private messages on live TV. Leaking private messages might be viewed as a privacy violation.
Why Zaka leaked Babar Azam chats?
Zaka Ashraf was allegedly ignoring Babar Azam’s attempts to contact and call him, according to a claim made on Saturday by former Pakistani cricket team wicketkeeper Rashid Latif.
In an interview with a local news channel, Ashraf refuted these allegations, saying that the Pakistan captain had never gotten in touch with him directly. “He [Latif] says that I don’t pick up his [Babar’s] call,” Ashraf clarified. “He’s never given me a call. The chief operating officer or the director of international cricket are expected to speak with the captain of the team.”
Even though Ashraf denied ever communicating with Babar, he went to considerable measures to support his story, sending the interviewer a private WhatsApp message from Babar Azam. The WhatsApp conversation between PCB’s Chief Operating Officer, Salman Naseer, and Babar Azam was broadcast live on television.
What was Babar’s message?
Naseer allegedly said, “Babar, there’s also been news circulating on TV and social media that you have been calling Chairman and he’s not answering. Have you lately given him a call?” in this disclosed conversation. The host said that Babar’s response was, “Salam Salman bhai, I have not made any call to sir.”
During the program, Azhar Ali, a former cricket player for Pakistan, questioned whether Babar Azam’s agreement was obtained by PCB chief or the program before releasing his private communication live on air.
The host of the previously stated program, Waseem Badami, posted a video on social media apologizing for his error and revealing the WhatsApp exchange with Babar Azam.
Badami clarified that at first they were hesitant to make the conversation public, but in the end they decided to broadcast it since the PCB chief had granted them permission to do so. In spite of this, Badami stressed that the channel made a mistake in showing the chat, and he sincerely apologized for the error.
