Pakistan Super League (PSL)’s ninth edition is slated to begin on 17 February 2024, but a month earlier its official anthem has sparked controversy.
Famous singers of Pakistan Ali Zafar says that he was asked by the Pakistan Cricket Board for the PSL anthem.pcb) was officially contacted and apologized after two months of hard work.
Independent Urdu contacted the popular singer’s manager to find out the reason, to which his manager shared Ali Zafar’s statement on the matter.
Pakistani singer Ali Zafar confirmed this news and said that ‘PCB personally contacted him to make this year’s PSL anthem.’
He said he came up with three different versions of the anthem for PCB after hiring musicians and music producers at his own expense for two months.
The singer said that after finalizing one of them, preparations were being made for release when he was informed that PCB could not go ahead with his anthem due to some reasons.
Ali Tafar said in his statement that he could not discuss the details of the reasons at this time.
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Ali Zafar’s manager said that the PCB was reportedly facing reservations from one of the PSL franchises, due to which Ali Zafar was dropped from the PSL anthem project.
When asked by Independent Urdu about the specific franchises, their manager said that he could not name them, but the ‘franchises’ name is circulating on social media.’
According to the report of Dawn newspaper, the position of the alleged PSL franchises was that Ali Zafarmazi has been in the news due to the legal proceedings with his fellow singer Misha Shafi, so his song will affect the public and the image of PSL. can damage
According to the news, a majority of franchises were involved in the decision to initially hire Ali Zafar for the PSL 9 anthem, but finally the PCB had to change the decision in the face of pressure from one franchise.
Pakistani singer Ali Zafar has previously sung the anthem of the first three editions of the PSL and this would be his fourth anthem for the PSL.
Meesha Shafi had accused Ali Zafar of harassment while Ali Zafar’s defamation case against Meesha is still pending in the court.
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2024-08-16 11:33:35
