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Karachi Kings owner Salman Iqbal has expressed his disappointment and frustration with a fellow team owner who publicly criticised the Pakistan Super League (PSL) ahead of the upcoming season 10.

Iqbal, who also serves as President and CEO of ARY Digital Network, defended the league, calling it ‘Pakistan’s pride’ and a ‘made-in-Pakistan success story.’

Salman Iqbal highlighted the growth and achievements of the PSL, citing the support of ARY, which has been a key partner in promoting the league.

“PSL is Pakistan’s pride a product which has made stars. From day one, ARY stood by PSL placing the highest bid to own Karachi Kings, building its image through our platforms, and broadcasting every draft live and uninterrupted.”

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“Later, A Sports stepped up and gave the highest ever bid for PSL TV rights a testament to our belief in this league. And this Ramzan, ARY offered their highest-rated and biggest game show of Pakistan, which is watched by millions around the world daily during Ramzan, ‘Jeeto Pakistan, ’ for the unveiling of the PSL trophy,” reads the statement issued by Karachi Kings owner Salman Iqbal on social media.

He also acknowledged the efforts of the PCB team and stressed that the owners must unite to support the league.

“Salman Naseer and the PCB team are giving their all to uplift PSL. Instead of negativity and denunciation of the league, us as team owners must step up and back their efforts, ” remarked Salman Iqbal.

“PSL is more than cricket. It’s a MADE-in-PAKISTAN success story. Every stakeholder, including Ali tareen, benefits from its growth. So Let’s protect what we’ve built, ” he concluded.

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President and CEO ARY Digital Network Mr Salman Iqbal made a ground-breaking announcement for star athlete Arshad Nadeem on winning the Paris Olympics Gold medal in the Javelin Throw.

Arshad Nadeem on Thursday, uplifted the nation with a historic medal in the ongoing Games. He broke the all-time Olympic record with a 92.97m throw in his second attempt which was enough for him to clinch the Gold.

For the historic achievement, Mr Salman Iqbal congratulated Arshad Nadeem and announced to reward him with an apartment in ARY Laguna.

“Congratulations to Arshad Nadeem for winning the gold medal for Pakistan,” said Mr Salman Iqbal.

“Arshad Nadeem will be gifted an apartment in ARY Laguna for winning the gold medal,” Mr Salman Iqbal announced.

Arshad had an unwanted start to the Paris Olympics final as he failed to make a mark in his first attempt which was deemed as “No Throw”.

He, however, made an astounding recovery and fired in a massive 92.97m throw.

His biggest rival India’s Neeraj Chopra secured the silver medal with an 89.45m throw in his second attempt while all of his other attempts were deemed as “No Throw”.

Anderson Peters of Grenada clinched the bronze medal with his longest throw of 88.54 m.

All 12 participants were to throw three times in the first stage, after which the top eight athletes had three more throws.

For the unversed, Arshad Nadeem qualified in the final round of the Javelin throw on Tuesday with an 86.59-meter throw in his first attempt during the qualification round.

The final of the Javelin Throw event was telecasted live on Pakistan’s first HD Sports Channel A Sports and also streamed live on ARY ZAP.

LAHORE: The CEO and President of ARY Digital Network, Mr. Salman Iqbal shared the reason to make a record bid for Pakistan Super League (PSL)’s Tv broadcast rights. 

In a video message after PCB signed Tv broadcast rights deal with ARY-PTV, Mr. Salman said their goal was to support the only cricketing brand of Pakistan financially.

“We made record bid for PSL’s Tv broadcast rights because our collective plan was to support our brand financially. See, PSL is a festivity for cricket fans in the country so ARY and PTV came together to make this festival more exciting for them,” Mr. Salman said.

“Neither we nor PTV have any plans to earn money from it. To be honest, it was very tough to make such a high bid in current scenario where international market is suffering due to COVID-19. But as I said, we wanted to support PSL financially,” he added.

📹 CEO ARY Mr. Salman Iqbal shares his thoughts on the #HBLPSL7 broadcast rights agreement.

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The owner of the most followed franchise of the PSL, Karachi Kings, thanked PCB, all other franchise owners, and fans for making this league bigger and better every passing year.

“PSL had restructured cricketing map in Pakistan. We hadn’t thought of this success seven years ago when this league was launched. Seven years to now, every single individual involved in it, deserves credit,” he said.

“I would like to thank our fans and PCB especially. Without their support, it wasn’t possible to come this far,” he concluded.

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