A news about national cricket team captain Babar Azam and recently Commonwealth Games 2022 gold medalist weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt is doing the rounds on social media.
Posts are viral on various websites including Instagram, Twitter, Reddit and Facebook claiming that Babar Azam announced a reward of 20 lakhs for Nooh Dastagir Butt, who won the gold medal for Pakistan.
If this news is researched, no such authentic statement or any social media post is found on behalf of Babar Azam.
This news which has gone viral on social media is completely fake news, where this false news about Babar Azam is being circulated, it is also being declared as fake by some social media pages.
It may be noted that Babar Azam posted an appreciation post for the players who have made Pakistan’s name shine in the Commonwealth Games 2022.
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Babar Azam said in his post that I am very proud of our superstars, all our athletes need proper structural support and state of the art facilities.