Mira Sethi, the  Pakistani actress , model and daughter to the Chairman PSL, has always been a class apart. Whether it be her TV performances or her heartwarmingly crisp pieces of writings.  Last night, Mira posted a beautifully written Facebook post about her father, following tge PSL final at the Qaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

The sentiments manifested in the post are basically ALL of us today – emotional, proud and exuberantly ecstatic.

Mira begins by explaining that she isn’t usually the one to post about her father on social media, mainly because he’s a public figure and what she feels for him might not be felt by everyone else.

“I try not to write or debate or pitch in about my father on public forums because he’s a public figure and what I feel for and about him — affection, love, pride, amusement/bemusement — may not be what others feel (certainly in that order). Today I am emotional. I am sitting in Qaddafi stadium with goosebumps on my arms,” writes Mira in her Facebook post.

“I am emotional today because the energy in the stadium is electric. Everyone is smiling.

A girl of 6 waved at me from her stand above: “Mira baji!” A huge grin on her face. Her mother beside her, waving, smiling, laughing, actually.

25,000 Pakistanis — young and old and men and women and excitement-addled children — are here. Some of the kids are too young to know or be obsessed with cricket. But they’re smiling because their parents are smiling: Something Good Is Happening. They want to be a part of it,” writes Mira.

Mira further explains the struggles that her father had to go through personally during the PSL preparations that most of us aren’t aware about. 

“A week ago I went up to Abu’s study at 1 am. He was stressed out. Some foreign players had refused to play in Lahore. The franchise owners had concerns. Pakistanis were worried. Abu was pacing in his nightsuit, a creme-coloured khaddar shalwar kameez he has worn since I was a child. I hugged him and told him that, actually, I was worried too. And I was. It was a perfectly legitimate concern. There was a lot to take care of. And today, here I am, sitting in Qaddafi stadium, the crowds roaring, doing “waves,” countdowns, chants, engaged in selfie-itus that would give our actresses a run for their money. I went up to Abu and squeezed his hand. “You’re wearing a woolen suit,” I said. “It’s too hot for this type of suit.” “I don’t feel hot at all,” he laughed. I knew exactly what he meant: his mind and heart had expanded with joy. Heat? What heat? His mind was somewhere else,” says Mira, towards the end of her post.

Fortunately, Pakistanis generally had positive things to say about Mira’s post. 

As Mira Sethi said and I quote, “Pakistan is lit up. May this flicker grow into a steady ray that arcs over this land. I love you, Pakistan. Pakistan Zindabad.”

Here’s the whole post by Mira: