Objecting to his country’s women footballers wearing short dresses for sport, a Pakistani reporter asked in an ongoing press conference,
We belong to…The Islamic Republic of Pakistan…I want to ask why are these girls wearing shorts, not leggings?
The national team’s head coach Adeel Rizki took aback and did not pertinent to reply in his way, and said only a line, “one has to be progressive.” Several Social media users criticized the journalist, saying he has “regressive mindset.”
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