Peshawar Zalmi appoints Esra Bilgiç: Sharmeen Obaid

Rumours have been going on about the Turkish actress Esra Bilgiç representing Peshawar Zalmi in PSL6.

Bilgiç is also famous for her role as Halime Hatun in the famous drama Ertuğrul. Last year in July, she tweeted saying that she had some good news. Moreover, she tagged Peshawar Zalmi and the Chairperson Javed Afridi in the tweet too.

Recently, she posted a photo of the Islamia College Peshawar on Twitter. This had fans wondering that she might be in Peshawar. Furthermore, her post was retweeted by Afridi himself.

Moreover, last year Afridi also tweeted asking his followers about Ertuğrul’s lead role joining Zalmi as an ambassador.

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Sharmeen Obaid’s Disappointment

Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is not happy with Peshawar Zalmi on appointing Esra Bilgiç as their brand ambassador for the upcoming edition of the Pakistan Super League.

On Friday, she commented under an Instagram post sarcastically saying:

“A Turkish actress whose country doesn’t even play the sport will now be a mascot for cricket.”

Furthermore, she asked whether all Pakistani actresses have disappeared and they had to look for foreign ones.

When a person addressed that foreign actors will represent Pakistan Industry she replied saying that

Chinoy said: “We have a very small industry and we have to protect it.”