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I was crying... We didn't have an Indian visa: Wasim Akram

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I Was Crying... We Didn't Have An Indian Visa: Wasim Akram

By IANS News February 27, 2023 • 14:50 PM View: 1309

Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram has recollected an emotional tale from 2009, involving his wife Huma Akram, who died in a hospital in Chennai in October, after reportedly developing heart and kidney complications.

Sharing an anecdote, Akram said he was flying to Singapore and his wife was unconscious when the flight halted at the Chennai airport for scheduled refuelling. He revealed how the officials in Chennai helped him to take his wife to the hospital despite not having an Indian visa.

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