Caught on tape saying truth about Pak, Shahid Afridi goes on the back foot.

After a contentious statement against his country, cricketer Shahid Afridi has now tweeted defending himself and blaming the Indian media for misquoting him.

In a tweet, the former captain of the Pakistani cricket team said that he is passionate about his country. The tweet came after his controversial statement that claimed "Pakistan can't handle its own four provinces" on a global platform. 

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He even added how the disputed Kashmir is under the "brutal Indian occupation" and now completely changing his statements added that "Kashmir belongs to Pakistan"

Speaking in the House of Commons in the UK, the former Pakistan captain said on video that Kashmir should be left alone and should not belong to Pakistan or India, "I say Pakistan does not want Kashmir, let's not give it to India either. Make Kashmir autonomous, then at least humanity would live," he said

Afridi said, "Pakistan, which can't even control its four provinces... it does not want Kashmir" and repeated, "You don't give it to India, nor does Pakistan want it. But, humanity is a big thing and it pains to see when people are dying, irrespective of what religion they follow." 

Getting a response from across the border on this controversial statement Col Asad Mehmood said, "First of all I have all my doubts whatever the statement has been given. The statement belongs to him."

He further dissed the cricketer saying, "Some people are habituated to make statements to stay in limelight. Whatever statement he has given has no impact on the situation in Indian Kashmir or PoK."

This is not the first time that the cricketer has made statements stirring political controversies, as back in April Afridi touched upon the fragile Kashmir issue and called India as an oppressive regime, that is clamping the voice of independence. 

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And now, despite being caught on tape Afridi is trying to fortify with his tweet, moreover, accuse the Indian media of distorting.