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Maryam Nawaz’s cricket-style advertisement goes viral
An advertisement showcasing Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz’s one-year performance as the provincial executive has sparked debate online.
The advertisement shows Pakistan’s female cricket team struggling during a match. Just when defeat seems inevitable, the team’s all-round captain player named Maryam rescues the team while playing a winning knock.
“We have to win the match, send the captain to the ground; she can change the game,” the coach asks another player after Pakistan loses its fifth wicket.
The skipper, named Maryam, enters the ground with the crowd erupting in excitement, waving posters that read, “We need a century.”
On the very first ball, Maryam hits a massive six out of the stadium. The balls lands in a field where a farmer standing beside a green tractor picks up the ball. This depicts CM Punjab’s November 2024 relaunch of the green tractor scheme for farmers after a hiatus of 12 years.
The captain hits another six, landing the ball near the mobile healthcare van, referring to Maryam Nawaz’s multiple recently launched healthcare projects.
The next six lands near a street sweeper, referring to CM Punjab’s ‘Suthra Punjab Program’ across the province, which was launched in July 2024.
The match-winning six also lands out of the park with a student catching the ball while wearing a graduation gown. Multiple students are seen working on the CM Punjab’s laptop, referring to the Laptop Scheme for students across the province.
The ad concluded with the commentator praising Maryam’s inning, saying, “Maryam has saved the game.”
The cricket-style advertising to showcase CM Punjab’s performance in one year has started a row on the internet. Social media users slammed the chief minister for using taxpayer’s money for the advertisement promoting herself.
Prominent journalist Mansoor Ali Khan on his YouTube channel stated that Maryam Nawaz’s team did not know about media handling, viewing the jailed ex-premier Imran Khan’s achievement for Pakistan in cricket.
