Former Pakistan captain, Wasim Akram was humiliated at the Manchester airport on Tuesday for carrying insulin.
Taking to Twitter, the former World Cup winner shared the ‘disheartened’ incident and explained how rudely he was questioned by the authorities. He wrote,
“Very disheartened at Manchester airport today. I travel around the world with my insulin, but never have I been made to feel embarrassed. I felt very humiliated as I was rudely questioned & ordered publicly to take my insulin out of its travel cold-case & dumped into a plastic bag.”
Very disheartened at Manchester airport today,I travel around the world with my insulin but never have I been made to feel embarrassed.I felt very humiliated as I was rudely questioned & ordered publicly to take my insulin out of its travel cold-case & dumped in to a plastic bag pic.twitter.com/UgW6z1rkkF
— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) July 23, 2019
In a follow-up tweet, he added, “I do not believe I should have been treated differently from anyone else. I just believe there should be a standard of care when dealing with all people. I understand there are proper safety precautions but that doesn’t mean people should be humiliated whilst undergoing them.”
I do not believe I should have been treated differently from anyone else. I just believe there should be a standard of care when dealing with all people. I understand there are proper safety precautions but that doesn’t mean people should be humiliated whilst undergoing them.
— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) July 23, 2019
Akram, who was a part of the commentary team at the recently concluded ICC Cricket World Cup, where England emerged victorious in a bizarre fashion, has played 10 years for Lancashire in the English County tournaments and he also had a small stint with Hampshire in the 2003 season.
Feature image courtesy: AFP / Ishara S. Kodikara
