Karachi, June 5 (PTI) Huge billboards have sprung up at vantage points in the city urging cricket lovers to welcome sacked Pakistan captain, Shahid Afridi when he returns from England tonight.
The billboards, put up by a hitherto unknown "Pakistan cricket lovers forum", display a picture of Afridi in the green Pakistan kit and declare him as the "pride of Pakistan" and urge the people to reach the Karachi airport to welcome Afridi when he returns today at 8.00 PM.
"It is a big sign that Afridi has geared up himself up for a long legal and otherwise battle with the board in order to come out of the ongoing controversy with his reputation unharmed," a former Pakistan captain said.