While the entire world battles to save its citizens and economy from the lethal coronavirus, one country, New Zealand, with its single casualty and no new case for weeks, has emerged as a prime example of how to tackle a global pandemic, effectively. Its leader, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has credited this success to the important lessons her country learned from their embarrassing defeat to Pakistan in the semifinal of the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Prime Minister Imran Khan endorsed PM Ardern’s comments, tweeting, “Yeah… I know!”Later, the same day, following a cabinet meeting on the coronavirus, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz disclosed that a decision had been taken to bill New Zealand to the tune of $350 million for ‘benefits gained through consultative services provided by Pakistan Cricket Team under Imran Khan’. This would be in addition to the aid for Coronavirus that will be demanded separately, Shibli clarified. The exchange was followed by reporters looking confusingly at each other murmuring, “did he just…”, “yoda…” “Star Wars…Really?” .

Source: Pakistan Today May 11, 2020 17:37 UTC