Former Cricketer Gets Insulted At Airport, Leaves Him Shocked; Fans Worried!
Home > News Shots > Sports newsIn a shocking case, former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram was left worried at the airport after the staff humiliated him for carrying insulin.
Worried and scared Akram took to social media and posted his story stating that, "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".
After a series of tweets that he posted, the official twitter account of Manchester Airport replied to Akram saying that they will look into the matter and investigate the problem.
To which Akram clarified saying that he didn't want any special treatment from the staff, but a standard of care with people.
Former Pakistani captain has 414 wickets to his title in 104 Tests and 502 ODI wickets in 356 matches. He was part of the commentary team at the World Cup 2019 in England.
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
Hi Wasim, thanks for bringing this to our attention. Please can you direct message us so we can look into this for you?
— Manchester Airport (@manairport) July 23, 2019
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