{"id":433411,"date":"2024-02-13T12:05:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T07:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=433411"},"modified":"2024-02-13T12:05:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T07:05:46","slug":"pink-floyds-roger-waters-stands-with-imran-khan-calls-for-fair-play-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/pink-floyds-roger-waters-stands-with-imran-khan-calls-for-fair-play-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink Floyd&#8217;s Roger Waters Stands with Imran Khan: Calls for &#8216;Fair Play&#8217; in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary Rockstar Roger Waters of Pink Floyd has come out in support for Imran Khan following the controversial 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being imprisoned, Imran Khan remains a popular figure not just in Pakistan but around the world. This was evident during the 2024 elections when Imran Khan&#8217;s PTI members won majority seats as independent candidates, with many of them being in jail during the campaigning season.<\/p>\n<p>The election results and Imran Khan&#8217;s incarceration has become trending issue worldwide that even got Roger Waters&#8217; attention.<\/p>\n<p>In an unexpected show of solidarity, the renowned front-man of Pink Floyd, has extended his support to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf leader, through as social media post featuring a montage of the <em>Kaptaan<\/em>&#8216;s iconic moments as a cricketer and politician.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ImranKhan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ImranKhan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pakistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pakistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gbScujdTrA\">pic.twitter.com\/gbScujdTrA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Roger Waters \u270a (@rogerwaters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rogerwaters\/status\/1757120126241956349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Accompanying the montage was a powerful caption addressing the military rulers of Pakistan and their &#8220;masters&#8221; in Washington, stating, &#8220;My name is Roger Waters. I am an English musician and a passionate supporter of fair play. What you are doing in Pakistan is not Cricket.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Waters emphasized the need for Imran Khan&#8217;s immediate release from what he described as &#8220;false imprisonment&#8221; so that Imran Khan could lead PTI in a transparent election. He stressed the importance of having a democratically elected government in Pakistan that truly represents the will of its people, rather than serving the interests of foreign and domestic oligarchs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/roger.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/roger.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"1041\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-433416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/roger.jpeg 1170w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/roger-300x267.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/roger-1024x911.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/roger-768x683.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This statement from Roger Waters comes amidst his previous activism, particularly in advocating for peace in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>He recounted how he canceled a concert in Israel in 2016 upon discovering the venue was built on Palestinian graves, opting instead to perform in an agricultural community. During this concert, Waters took a bold stand, urging the younger Israeli generation to pursue peace with their neighbors, a message that was met with a stark contrast in audience response, shifting from enthusiasm to silence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/roger.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/roger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1054\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-433415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/roger.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/roger-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/roger-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/roger-768x540.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his visit to the Israeli-occupied West Bank after the concert, Waters highlighted the mistreatment he faced from Israeli border guards and expressed concern about the plight of Palestinians under Israeli occupation. He denounced Israel&#8217;s actions in Gaza, referring to them as &#8220;genocide,&#8221; and condemned the ongoing attacks that have claimed the lives of thousands, predominantly women and children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary Rockstar Roger Waters of Pink Floyd has come out in support for Imran Khan following the controversial 2024 elections. Despite being imprisoned, Imran Khan remains a popular figure not just in Pakistan but around the world. This was evident during the 2024 elections when Imran Khan&#8217;s PTI members won majority seats as independent candidates, with many of them being [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/pink-floyds-roger-waters-stands-with-imran-khan-calls-for-fair-play-in-pakistan\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":433413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2576,2518,2199,2539,2540,2508,2568,2577,2530,1291,2578,2554],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-433411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-news","8":"category-cricket","9":"category-featured","10":"category-government","11":"category-international","12":"category-musician","13":"category-politics","14":"category-social","15":"category-social-issue-cause","16":"category-social-media","17":"category-street-buzz","18":"category-twitter"},"wps_subtitle":"The Pink Floyd front-man also called out the \"Military Rulers of Pakistan\" and their \"Masters in Washington\" for fair play.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/imran-khan-roger-waters-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/imran-khan-roger-waters.jpg",1000,562,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/imran-khan-roger-waters.jpg",1000,562,false]},"author_name":"Sher Alam","categories_name":["Celebrity News","Cricket","Featured","Government","International","Musician","Politics","social","Social Issue\/Cause","Social Media","Street Buzz","Twitter"],"title_text":"Pink Floyd\u2019s Roger Waters Stands with Imran Khan: Calls for \u2018Fair Play\u2019 in Pakistan","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2576,2518,2199,2539,2540,2508,2568,2577,2530,1291,2578,2554&exclude=433411","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433411"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=433411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}