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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Two beathtaking windows in Past: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and S B John
Was going through some of my archived files and found these two treasures...One is a gift shared by Fatima Bhutto...A long forgotten piece of treasure...A very beautiful picture of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto addressing employees of a textile mill..The crowd forced him to come out of adress hall and speak to them in open...Just look at the charisma of the man...
And second is a song by S B John...a long forgotten voice of melodious 50s of Pakistan...So Enjoy
Monday, October 11, 2010
Younis Khan: a selection scandal
Younis Khan: a selection scandal
by Kamran Abbasi
Amid the regrets, withdrawals, and reversals that pour forth from the orifice of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), one policy remains constant: Younis Khan is barred from selection for the national team. The facts are simple and as ever, they paint a dismal picture for the Chairman of the PCB. Younis is available for selection, yet the selectors are unable to select him. He has no case to answer following the ridiculous ban imposed upon him by the PCB but his case is still open.
The question is why? And the answer is simple: Mr Butt has a shifting policy on apologies. The players banned, barred, or suspended following the disastrous tour of Australia have eased their path back into the team with a well-timed apology to Mr Butt. What they were apologising for, nobody was clear. Why they then apologised is only for their consciences to answer. Mohammad Yousuf's equally well-timed retirement helped him bypass any action from the PCB and obviate the need for an apology.
Yousuf, aside, Mr Butt is big on people apologising to him. When the boot is on the other foot, however, his love of an apology vanishes in a flash. Mr Butt's recent slander of the ECB and it's cricket team was followed by a show of defiance that an apology would not follow. For once, he was true to his word. His carefully-worded, legally-crafted retraction did not contain the word 'apology'. It contained intonations of regret, withdrawal, and misunderstanding but no apology in sight.
Indeed, why stop at the ECB? Mr Butt owes some hefty apologies to Pakistan cricket supporters for the destruction of Pakistan cricket. You see, for a man so reluctant to offer any kind of apology for his own misdeeds, it is the cruelest of ironies that he is demanding an apology, a personal one, from Younis, before he allows Mohsin Khan to select him.
What that apology is for, nobody is quite sure? If Mr Butt wants to tell us, we'd be delighted to hear, but I suspect that silence speaks volumes about the lack of gravity of Mr Butt's charge. Younis, for his part is clear and always has been: Why apologise when you have nothing to apologise for?
And thereby hangs the tale of the predicament and the tragedy of Pakistan cricket, that there is no room for a man of principle in the Pakistan cricket team.
Younis has had his fair share of detractors. Mr Butt, of course. Many of the players were unhappy with him and swore an oath against his captaincy. When Pakistan were struggling against Australia this summer, I was reliably informed that 'The Boys' would welcome back Yousuf but they would not want Younis back in the team. The events of the past few weeks, however, have cast all those objections to Younis in a very different light.
Many gruesome disasters have befallen Pakistan cricket in the past 18 months. But perhaps one of the most serious, and easily forgotten among the tidal wave of calamaties, is how the chairman of the national cricket board is killing the career of a World Cup-winning captain. This is a selection scandal that requires an apology - even regret or retraction - from Mr Butt and his hopeless cricket board. Younis Khan owes Mr Butt nothing, least of all an apology.
by Kamran Abbasi
Amid the regrets, withdrawals, and reversals that pour forth from the orifice of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), one policy remains constant: Younis Khan is barred from selection for the national team. The facts are simple and as ever, they paint a dismal picture for the Chairman of the PCB. Younis is available for selection, yet the selectors are unable to select him. He has no case to answer following the ridiculous ban imposed upon him by the PCB but his case is still open.
The question is why? And the answer is simple: Mr Butt has a shifting policy on apologies. The players banned, barred, or suspended following the disastrous tour of Australia have eased their path back into the team with a well-timed apology to Mr Butt. What they were apologising for, nobody was clear. Why they then apologised is only for their consciences to answer. Mohammad Yousuf's equally well-timed retirement helped him bypass any action from the PCB and obviate the need for an apology.
Yousuf, aside, Mr Butt is big on people apologising to him. When the boot is on the other foot, however, his love of an apology vanishes in a flash. Mr Butt's recent slander of the ECB and it's cricket team was followed by a show of defiance that an apology would not follow. For once, he was true to his word. His carefully-worded, legally-crafted retraction did not contain the word 'apology'. It contained intonations of regret, withdrawal, and misunderstanding but no apology in sight.
Indeed, why stop at the ECB? Mr Butt owes some hefty apologies to Pakistan cricket supporters for the destruction of Pakistan cricket. You see, for a man so reluctant to offer any kind of apology for his own misdeeds, it is the cruelest of ironies that he is demanding an apology, a personal one, from Younis, before he allows Mohsin Khan to select him.
What that apology is for, nobody is quite sure? If Mr Butt wants to tell us, we'd be delighted to hear, but I suspect that silence speaks volumes about the lack of gravity of Mr Butt's charge. Younis, for his part is clear and always has been: Why apologise when you have nothing to apologise for?
And thereby hangs the tale of the predicament and the tragedy of Pakistan cricket, that there is no room for a man of principle in the Pakistan cricket team.
Younis has had his fair share of detractors. Mr Butt, of course. Many of the players were unhappy with him and swore an oath against his captaincy. When Pakistan were struggling against Australia this summer, I was reliably informed that 'The Boys' would welcome back Yousuf but they would not want Younis back in the team. The events of the past few weeks, however, have cast all those objections to Younis in a very different light.
Many gruesome disasters have befallen Pakistan cricket in the past 18 months. But perhaps one of the most serious, and easily forgotten among the tidal wave of calamaties, is how the chairman of the national cricket board is killing the career of a World Cup-winning captain. This is a selection scandal that requires an apology - even regret or retraction - from Mr Butt and his hopeless cricket board. Younis Khan owes Mr Butt nothing, least of all an apology.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Breaking news: Misbah ul Haq is Pakistan's new test captain
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| Hail the captain |
You can always expect wonders happening in Pakistan...Misbah had a dismal performance...was dropped...has been out of squad...make a comeback and wow wow wow...he is our new captain and will lead our GLORIOUS team against minnows South Africa as Cricinfo reports...yes you heared it right...It is not Yousuf, It is not Younas...It is our very own, very talented "Misbah Ul Haq", the new test captain of Pakistan Cricket Team...What a shame...Fearing to watch some mince making of Pakistan Cricket Team on the grounds of Dubai and Abu Dhabbi
Breaking myths: Pakistanis are not a nation of quitters
The video fails to mention few names...people like Dr. Abdussalam, Dr. Saleem-u- Zaman Siddiqui, our heroic engineers, scientists whose classified work will always be shrouded in the mystery...people like Alamgir, Ahmad Rishdi, Qavi Khan, Sadeqain, Gul Gee and their struggles in the field of art...BUT the message is loud and clear...we are backward, poor, perhaps a little lost too...Yet our spirit thrives and no one can ever conquer of struggle to earn respect for ourselves and our homeland...In the end...what matters is that we lived and gave so much to this world to be proud of within a span of mere 63 years what other nations couldn't even imagine in their centuries...AND we shall keep delivering
Sad about the result of Intelligence Squared Debate
A very fruitful debate for me with sad results in the end though....
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF PEACE | Intelligence Squared US
ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF PEACE | Intelligence Squared US
Be part of this great debate on Intelligence Squared (ABC) with Majid Nawaz and Zeba Khan for the motion while Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Douglas Murray Against it...October 6th 2010
Be part of this great debate on Intelligence Squared (ABC) with Majid Nawaz and Zeba Khan for the motion while Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Douglas Murray Against it...October 6th 2010
Breaking news: PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt on the way out????
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Two beathtaking windows in Past: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and S B John
Was going through some of my archived files and found these two treasures...One is a gift shared by Fatima Bhutto...A long forgotten piece of treasure...A very beautiful picture of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto addressing employees of a textile mill..The crowd forced him to come out of adress hall and speak to them in open...Just look at the charisma of the man...
And second is a song by S B John...a long forgotten voice of melodious 50s of Pakistan...So Enjoy
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Younis Khan: a selection scandal
Younis Khan: a selection scandal
by Kamran Abbasi
Amid the regrets, withdrawals, and reversals that pour forth from the orifice of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), one policy remains constant: Younis Khan is barred from selection for the national team. The facts are simple and as ever, they paint a dismal picture for the Chairman of the PCB. Younis is available for selection, yet the selectors are unable to select him. He has no case to answer following the ridiculous ban imposed upon him by the PCB but his case is still open.
The question is why? And the answer is simple: Mr Butt has a shifting policy on apologies. The players banned, barred, or suspended following the disastrous tour of Australia have eased their path back into the team with a well-timed apology to Mr Butt. What they were apologising for, nobody was clear. Why they then apologised is only for their consciences to answer. Mohammad Yousuf's equally well-timed retirement helped him bypass any action from the PCB and obviate the need for an apology.
Yousuf, aside, Mr Butt is big on people apologising to him. When the boot is on the other foot, however, his love of an apology vanishes in a flash. Mr Butt's recent slander of the ECB and it's cricket team was followed by a show of defiance that an apology would not follow. For once, he was true to his word. His carefully-worded, legally-crafted retraction did not contain the word 'apology'. It contained intonations of regret, withdrawal, and misunderstanding but no apology in sight.
Indeed, why stop at the ECB? Mr Butt owes some hefty apologies to Pakistan cricket supporters for the destruction of Pakistan cricket. You see, for a man so reluctant to offer any kind of apology for his own misdeeds, it is the cruelest of ironies that he is demanding an apology, a personal one, from Younis, before he allows Mohsin Khan to select him.
What that apology is for, nobody is quite sure? If Mr Butt wants to tell us, we'd be delighted to hear, but I suspect that silence speaks volumes about the lack of gravity of Mr Butt's charge. Younis, for his part is clear and always has been: Why apologise when you have nothing to apologise for?
And thereby hangs the tale of the predicament and the tragedy of Pakistan cricket, that there is no room for a man of principle in the Pakistan cricket team.
Younis has had his fair share of detractors. Mr Butt, of course. Many of the players were unhappy with him and swore an oath against his captaincy. When Pakistan were struggling against Australia this summer, I was reliably informed that 'The Boys' would welcome back Yousuf but they would not want Younis back in the team. The events of the past few weeks, however, have cast all those objections to Younis in a very different light.
Many gruesome disasters have befallen Pakistan cricket in the past 18 months. But perhaps one of the most serious, and easily forgotten among the tidal wave of calamaties, is how the chairman of the national cricket board is killing the career of a World Cup-winning captain. This is a selection scandal that requires an apology - even regret or retraction - from Mr Butt and his hopeless cricket board. Younis Khan owes Mr Butt nothing, least of all an apology.
by Kamran Abbasi
Amid the regrets, withdrawals, and reversals that pour forth from the orifice of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), one policy remains constant: Younis Khan is barred from selection for the national team. The facts are simple and as ever, they paint a dismal picture for the Chairman of the PCB. Younis is available for selection, yet the selectors are unable to select him. He has no case to answer following the ridiculous ban imposed upon him by the PCB but his case is still open.
The question is why? And the answer is simple: Mr Butt has a shifting policy on apologies. The players banned, barred, or suspended following the disastrous tour of Australia have eased their path back into the team with a well-timed apology to Mr Butt. What they were apologising for, nobody was clear. Why they then apologised is only for their consciences to answer. Mohammad Yousuf's equally well-timed retirement helped him bypass any action from the PCB and obviate the need for an apology.
Yousuf, aside, Mr Butt is big on people apologising to him. When the boot is on the other foot, however, his love of an apology vanishes in a flash. Mr Butt's recent slander of the ECB and it's cricket team was followed by a show of defiance that an apology would not follow. For once, he was true to his word. His carefully-worded, legally-crafted retraction did not contain the word 'apology'. It contained intonations of regret, withdrawal, and misunderstanding but no apology in sight.
Indeed, why stop at the ECB? Mr Butt owes some hefty apologies to Pakistan cricket supporters for the destruction of Pakistan cricket. You see, for a man so reluctant to offer any kind of apology for his own misdeeds, it is the cruelest of ironies that he is demanding an apology, a personal one, from Younis, before he allows Mohsin Khan to select him.
What that apology is for, nobody is quite sure? If Mr Butt wants to tell us, we'd be delighted to hear, but I suspect that silence speaks volumes about the lack of gravity of Mr Butt's charge. Younis, for his part is clear and always has been: Why apologise when you have nothing to apologise for?
And thereby hangs the tale of the predicament and the tragedy of Pakistan cricket, that there is no room for a man of principle in the Pakistan cricket team.
Younis has had his fair share of detractors. Mr Butt, of course. Many of the players were unhappy with him and swore an oath against his captaincy. When Pakistan were struggling against Australia this summer, I was reliably informed that 'The Boys' would welcome back Yousuf but they would not want Younis back in the team. The events of the past few weeks, however, have cast all those objections to Younis in a very different light.
Many gruesome disasters have befallen Pakistan cricket in the past 18 months. But perhaps one of the most serious, and easily forgotten among the tidal wave of calamaties, is how the chairman of the national cricket board is killing the career of a World Cup-winning captain. This is a selection scandal that requires an apology - even regret or retraction - from Mr Butt and his hopeless cricket board. Younis Khan owes Mr Butt nothing, least of all an apology.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Breaking news: Misbah ul Haq is Pakistan's new test captain
|
| Hail the captain |
You can always expect wonders happening in Pakistan...Misbah had a dismal performance...was dropped...has been out of squad...make a comeback and wow wow wow...he is our new captain and will lead our GLORIOUS team against minnows South Africa as Cricinfo reports...yes you heared it right...It is not Yousuf, It is not Younas...It is our very own, very talented "Misbah Ul Haq", the new test captain of Pakistan Cricket Team...What a shame...Fearing to watch some mince making of Pakistan Cricket Team on the grounds of Dubai and Abu Dhabbi
Breaking myths: Pakistanis are not a nation of quitters
The video fails to mention few names...people like Dr. Abdussalam, Dr. Saleem-u- Zaman Siddiqui, our heroic engineers, scientists whose classified work will always be shrouded in the mystery...people like Alamgir, Ahmad Rishdi, Qavi Khan, Sadeqain, Gul Gee and their struggles in the field of art...BUT the message is loud and clear...we are backward, poor, perhaps a little lost too...Yet our spirit thrives and no one can ever conquer of struggle to earn respect for ourselves and our homeland...In the end...what matters is that we lived and gave so much to this world to be proud of within a span of mere 63 years what other nations couldn't even imagine in their centuries...AND we shall keep delivering
Sad about the result of Intelligence Squared Debate
A very fruitful debate for me with sad results in the end though....
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF PEACE | Intelligence Squared US
ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF PEACE | Intelligence Squared US
Be part of this great debate on Intelligence Squared (ABC) with Majid Nawaz and Zeba Khan for the motion while Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Douglas Murray Against it...October 6th 2010
Be part of this great debate on Intelligence Squared (ABC) with Majid Nawaz and Zeba Khan for the motion while Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Douglas Murray Against it...October 6th 2010
Breaking news: PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt on the way out????
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| on his way out? |
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