{"id":296288,"date":"2025-05-02T23:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T23:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/pahalgam-attack-outrage-babar-azam-shaheen-afridi-mohammad-rizwans-instagram-accounts-blocked-in-india-cricket-news-the-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T23:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T23:05:29","slug":"pahalgam-attack-outrage-babar-azam-shaheen-afridi-mohammad-rizwans-instagram-accounts-blocked-in-india-cricket-news-the-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/pahalgam-attack-outrage-babar-azam-shaheen-afridi-mohammad-rizwans-instagram-accounts-blocked-in-india-cricket-news-the-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Pahalgam attack outrage: Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan&#8217;s Instagram accounts blocked in India | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-120822980,imgsize-50652,width-400,resizemode-4\/Babar-Shaheen-0205-AFP.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pahalgam attack outrage: Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan&#8217;s Instagram accounts blocked in India | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India\" title=\"Pahalgam attack outrage: Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan&#8217;s Instagram accounts blocked in India | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi (AFP Photo)\">Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi (AFP Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Instagram accounts of several prominent Pakistan cricket stars \u2014 including <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/babar-azam\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Babar Azam<\/a>, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and <!-- -->Mohammad Rizwan<!-- --> \u2014 have been blocked in India in the wake of the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam.<br \/>Earlier on Thursday, the Instagram account of Olympic gold medalist javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem was also restricted in India. <\/p>\n<p>Users attempting to visit his profile are shown a message stating: &#8220;Account not available in India. 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