http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=39295&Cat=9From the largely self-invented problems of the Islamic Republic cricket was a huge and splendid diversion, and while the fever lasted all the solemn and angry nonsense spouting from self-righteous throats about national honour and the rest was mercifully forgotten.
If there is a world prize for unrelenting bad news no marks for guessing which country would win it hands down: Pakistan. And here for a change was something ordinary Pakistanis could take pride in, the performance of its cricket team, battered by scandal though it was and beset by an administrative setup that would have re-sunk the Titanic. Yet, amid these bleak circumstances, coming from nowhere and going on to the semi-finals to play traditional rivals India. Surely something to be proud of.
if I may say so, he had no business saying that if the team won at Mohali each player would get 25 acres. This is exactly the kind of emotional excess, not to mention Mughal largesse, we should be avoiding as a nation, taking a game of cricket to be just that, rather than a matter of life and death.
And of course there is no cure yet, at least not in known medicine, for my friend Rehman Malik, less interior minister than verbal blunderbuss prone to go off at the most unexpected moment. About match-fixing he had to deliver a warning right on the eve of the match, further underscoring his great sense of timing. And then perhaps to make up for the fireworks, he had to go and offer special prayers at Faisal Mosque for the team’s success. It isn’t just our cricket team which cracks under pressure. Put any government of Pakistan on a stress test and it can be almost counted upon to behave in a silly manner.
And what got into the team itself to have itself photographed offering congregational prayers in the centre of Mohali ground during a training session? Whom was it trying to impress, the inscrutable powers above or the folks back home? All the world cup teams – all – subscribe to different faiths and it would be perfectly natural for them to call on the Most High for success and victory. But the kind of exhibitionism at which we somehow seem to excel, and which doesn’t embarrass us in the least, is best avoided. We don’t have to wear our faith on our sleeves.
Yes, yes, I know the standard mantra that we are God’s chosen people and Pakistan was created as a special gift from heaven .......
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well that is from that MNA .. Ayaz Amir., every thing is good there.
Hello any one reading it??
I hope some one reads it and corrects their behavioral problems , Lots of jokers in land of pure have behavioral problems.. specially those behaviors that are related to Islam. But Mr. Ayaz Amir what happened to you., your e-mail add now is winlust.com.. WIN
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Topic: Official 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup thread