Former Pakistani cricketer Kamran Akmal came under fire for making sexual comments to him during an episode of Har Lamha Purjosh on ARY News, where he was a guest host with ex-teammate and former captain Shoaib Malik. The panel talk was supposed to cover the T20 Cricket World Cup that was happening but quickly changed to talk about Kamran’s clothes.

The situation started when Shoaib opened up the floor for one of his guests to make a comment, and instead of providing commentary on the World Cup or anything regarding the game, the panelist made a derogatory reference to Kamran’s pink jacket and said that if Kamran were wearing that in America, he would be referred to by other names. The reference was inappropriate and drew everyone's attention because it was not related to cricket and was inappropriate in nature.

In an effort to keep his composure, Akmal responded with comments about how he was wearing his jacket in Pakistan and that these types of remarks would not be tolerated at home, while also mentioning that in America people would probably refer to him as ”cute.” Viewers were left shocked when Malik chimed in to say that what was being said could also have been applied to Pakistan, which caused everyone in the studio to laugh and added to the furious backlash from fans on social media; videos of both players' antics became viral almost immediately.

Live insult of kamran akmal on har lamha purjosh set.. pic.twitter.com/HH41qZktnk

— Maaz (@IsThatMaaz) February 25, 2026

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Heated exchanges between former cricketers are not a new occurrence during this year's T20 Cricket World Cup 2026 season, as there have been numerous examples of heated arguments between players from teams throughout the tournament. Just recently, former teammates Mohammad Hafeez and Saqlain Mushtaq had an intense discussion on Game On Hai on PTV News regarding Shadab Khan's performance; while Hafeez was questioning Shadab's place in the team, Saqlain was defending him.

In the meantime, Pakistan still has an outside chance to qualify for the T20 World Cup 2026 semi-finals after New Zealand won its last match against Sri Lanka by a significant margin—which now means that for the Men in Green to qualify, they must defeat the West Indies by a large enough margin in their final Super-8 game and then hope for results from other Super-8 games to go their way. Qualifying for the semifinal will be quite difficult since we are now approaching the end of the tournament.