If you are 24 years old and go Badminton to the Tokyo Olympic Games, you will continue to return to your country as a star in your country. However, Pakistan's Mahoor Shahzad returned and posted an apology video, got bullied, and is clearing her name since then. She said that the unforeseen badminton department of Pakistan is envious of her and the majority of them are “Pathans”.
What really happened :
Shahzad brought a loss well in the Olympic Games (from 27 to 24 and 24 and 24 and 24 and 24, respectively, she defeated Kirsty Gilmour and Masakosan from Japan). On July 27, immediately after her defeat, she posted a 21 seconds video praising herself, and claiming all the other Pakistan feathers hate her.
[In the video, Shahzad can be seen saying, “logon ne Mujhe bohot appreciate bhi kiya hai lekin, ye jo humare Badminton players hain jo bilkul Pathan hain… aur Pakistan mein kyunki aaj mai number one hu… aur Olympics kheli hu toh humare jo baaki Pakistani badminton players hain… wo bohot zyada jealous hain ki mai iss mukaam tak kaise pahunch gayi. Matlab Pakistan mein ye bohot hai… ki khud nahi karna aur dusre ko bhi nahi karne dena (Since I am reigning supreme in Pakistan, Pakistani badminton players… who are typical Pathans…. Are jealous of how I have scaled such heights. This is the habit of Pakistanis, they don’t let anyone else rise)”]
Why 'Pathans`? Who knows, but it does not make sense to find the logic behind the Bigotry.
The point isn’t that Shahzad isn't successful: She is Pakistan's first Badminton player who qualified for the Olympic Games and is ranked at the 135 top ones in the world. Shahzad said that she would have been part of the100 best players, but unfortunately, Covid made things difficult.