Pakistan Twitter slams opener Imam-ul-Haq after news of alleged multiple affairs surface

Pakistan’s opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq has landed himself in a big mess after being exposed by several women for dating them and being allegedly involved with all of them at the same time.

Imam-ul-Haq’s initial selection in the team was termed controversial as his inclusion came after his uncle Inzamam-ul-Haq took charge of the Pakistan Cricket Board Selection Committee. However, Imam was able to silence his critics by putting up some consistent performances and established himself as the team's first-choice opening option.

While it was easy to silence his critics with the bat, it will be much more difficult for him to silence those who are speaking out against him in the controversy as it goes against the nation's culture and religious views.

Regardless of how you classify Imam's behavior, lying for sex and intimacy in a society like ours is disgraceful and dangerous. It carries huge potential punishment going up to death, and tremendous mental strain. It's not OK to lie to and exploit people.

— Ahmer Naqvi (@karachikhatmal) July 24, 2019

Imam should be held accountable for cheating and emotional manipulation NOT harassment- clear your concepts and don’t ruin the meaning of #metoo for your personal motives. Cheating is disgusting but so is violating ones privacy and “CONSENSUAL SEXTING IS NOT HARASSMENT”#Imamulhaq

— ✨ (@bxxrrhhh) July 24, 2019

I seriously the cheating/lying and manipulation this guy #Imamulhaq did to girls, exploiting his recently-born 'slightest' fame must be held accountable by @TheRealPCB .. Some day it was consensual, i say it was so but how? Through deceit and lies that you are the only one. Shame

— Inquisitive Dumb (@SayafKhan10) July 24, 2019

Some Tweeps couldn't help but find humor even in this controversy.

#Imamulhaq screenshots leaked.Inzi: pic.twitter.com/QJHYWmBBHY

— Haroon (@haroon_harry2) July 24, 2019

A Twitter user leaked the Pakistani openers' social media and WhatsApp chats, with several girls alleging that the cricketer cheated on them. This was followed by many pictures which the girls shared themselves as they found out that they had been lied to and cheated on by Imam.

The Twitter account has gone private after releasing some screenshots on the internet

From the tweets, it looks like Imam-ul-Haq had several affairs with different women at the same time and even made fake promises of marrying them, only to turn on them later.

Imam was an integral part of the Pakistan cricket team during the recently-concluded World Cup 2019 and scored a century against Bangladesh. However, the team was unable to qualify for the semi-finals due to a lower net run-rate.

While Pakistani cricketers have remained in the news for various controversies, it will be interesting to see how Imam-ul-Haq responds to these allegations against him as he has been quite vocal about his critics in the past.

While no official word has come from Imam or the Pakistan Cricket Board yet, we expect that it won’t take too long before one of the two come out with a statement.

Many Twitter users have also come out to clarify that the controversy does not fall under the #MeToo controversy, as Imam has neither harassed or threatened anyone and the relationships were mutual.

Since when dating or not marrying someone you promised became a part of #Metoo I can’t see Imam harassing, threatening or asking anyone for pictures etc. Stop misusing this hashtag just to defame someone when it was consensual. It’ll lose its worth & actual victims won’t get help

— Izma. (@IzmaSiddiqi) July 24, 2019

Public servc msg:If a guy is trying to send indecent msgs, on social media, that make you feel uncomfortable then he does not respect you. Block him right away! He is just not worth it. Don't b a willing participant and then later call it #MeToo#Imamulhaq

— Lala Mustafa (@LalaHawaa) July 24, 2019

Since when dating or not marrying someone you promised became a part of #Metoo. I can’t see #Imamulhaq harassing or asking for pictures. Stop misusing this # to defame someone when its consensual. It’ll lose worth & actual victim won’t get help!🙏🏻How this come under #metoo?😐😐 pic.twitter.com/JLtDU77rGJ

— ڈاکٹر شفق ذوالفقار (@ShafaqZulfiqaar) July 24, 2019