Some sports journalists got carried away after Lahore Qalandars beat Karachi Kings in the 11th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 6 and violated the protocols of the media box at Karachi National Stadium in celebrations.
Lahore Qalandars defeated Karachi Kings after a thrilling chase completed in the last over.
At the winning shot ascertaining Lahore’s victory, the journalists who were supporting the team against Kings couldn’t control their emotions so much so that they forgot where they were.
The celebrations by some journalists in the media box after Lahore Qalandars beat Karachi Kings in the 11th match of PSL 6 left many displeased.
The prominent journalists disliked the act and deemed it to be against professional ethics and sanctity of the media box.
Dhamal in media box, look likes fish market, @TheRealPCBMedia @Samiburney @Emmad81 https://t.co/7VReUbCAQW
— Abdul Majid Bhatti (@bhattimajid) March 1, 2021
Some other prominent sports journalists endorsed the objection raised by Abdul Majid Bhatti.
No ethics how to cover the match how to sit in press box how to ask questions in pressers. https://t.co/gyVkkrEkAO
— Rasheed shakoor (@rasheedshakoor) March 1, 2021
True Bhatti sb, we all must act professionally. Journalists should be unbiased.
— Aalia Rasheed (@aaliaaaliya) March 1, 2021
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When News360 contacted senior journalist Abdul Majid Bhatti to take his comments on the issue, he said that all those seen in the video were his friends.
Refusing to comment further, he said that the journalists should take care of the ethics.