Pakistan Parliament’s Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee today grilled PCB Executive Committee Chairman Najam Sethi regarding the use of push ups.
Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee: We, as a properly constituted committee of the Parliament of Pakistan do hereby open these proceedings.
Najam Sethi: Ummm.Excuse me. Is this for real?
IPCC: Yes. We are an actual committee and we want to know about push ups in the national cricket team.
NS: I’m being punk’d right? (looks around for hidden cameras)
IPCC: Why are players performing push ups after making hundreds and instead not offering nawafil (special prayers)?
NS: You are an actual real committee and the people of Pakistan voted for you to ask me this rubbish? How much do you get paid to waste time like this?
IPCC: This is important. Push ups have the potential to destabilise the country.
NS: No mate. That’s what the Taliban do. Or the lack of a reliable power supply. Or when Taher Shah released that ‘Eye to Eye’ song. Why isn’t there a Taher Shah committee?
IPCC: They are currently meeting in the next room. Did you see his ‘Angel’ music video? Genius.
NS: (looks around for hidden cameras)
IPCC: How come your Yasir Shah doesn’t sing?
NS: What?
IPCC: We are of the opinion upon that push ups are a sign of showing support to the army
NS: Yes. It is. They trained us and we reached number 1 in the world.
IPCC: The same army that couldn’t find bin Laden in our own backyard?
NS: Well, yeah. I guess so.
IPCC: We order you to stop the practice. It looks like eleven grown men simultaneously simulating sexual relations. Can you do star jumps instead? That would be more family friendly.
NS: I’ll ask Misbah
IPCC: Thank you
NS: Are you really a committee formed to grill me about push ups?
IPCC: Yes. What else would we be here for?
NS: I don’t know. Maybe as elected officials you could focus on fixing our relationship with India or something like that?
IPCC: But your team was doing push ups. Get some perspective.Follow @denniscricket_
FreddieFaizan DennisCricket_ it’s not ban U0001f611
Yeah bloody muppets. That’s why democracy don’t work in pak. Long live military dictatorship . What an effing joke.
Finally, I am happy but I think their was no need for a parliamentary ban.. country is facing other important issues .. address them instead..
bans push ups but never bans terrorists.. pakistan Ravinder Rana
Wonderful satire. Wouldnt surprise me at all if it happens for real
Strikes on the grass?
Getting strange looks in the pub, sitting laughing at this…
Why every time Endians come-up with “Pain in the Ass” kind of comments?
It is real. http://www.dawn.com/news/1292388/pcb-bars-players-from-doing-push-ups-after-match-wins
Hammad Anwar meant the discussion, not the news
Corrupt politicians are so scared of army that they see army in those push ups too.
Good to see they are tackling the big issues, whp cares about poverty, terrorism and government corruption? Pfftt
You all read the article and still thinks its real??? the story is true, yes its truly a story….