Pakistan Cricket: All About Prayers, not Players!

Yet again, the Pakistan Cricket team hinges on the rise and fall of run rates in the on going Asia Cup!

The hosts, after being slaughtered by the likes of Sri Lanka and India, have now been tagged as virtually ‘out of the tournament’ unless the following series of events take place:

First of all, Pakistan needs to beat India in the game today. Once they succeed in doing so, they will have to draw our their prayer mats and start hoping that Sri Lanka are victorious over India in their scheduled match on Thursday. That is not just it. Pakistan will then once again have to step in the field and strive to beat Bangladesh COMPREHENSIVELY on Friday! Only then will Pakistan have a chance of appearing in the final and that too is dependant on the run rate statistics!

Hmm… now how many times have we encountered such similar scenarios?

How do we manage to get to this point every other time? Beats me!

So take out your prayer mats people. Pakistan Cricket team needs your prayers. The players, it seems, are no longer effective!

*chuckles*

Pakistan At War - A Theatrical Ploy!

A peace deal with the likes of Taliban is futile. It has not worked in the past and it can not work in the present circumstances either. It was a matter of time when the democratic government of Pakistan, threw back the responsibility on the shoulders of Pakistan Army.

Pakistan is at War ladies and gentlemen! But then again, it has been for quite some time now, in case you did not notice!

I’m sorry but wasn’t it this very government that was against the ‘answer bullet by a bullet’ approach in the first place? Aren’t the same people who chanted about peace and dialogue now taking a back seat and have given empowering control to the Chief of Army Staff, General Kiyani?

Why?

Don’t you democratic people have any thing up your sleeve to resolve this matter any differently than the President was trying to do for the past few years? Or have you really gone as low and shallow as putting the military in the fore-front and divulging yourself from all responsibility whatsoever?

The recent decision to give control back to the Armed forces has not only exposed the weak infrastructure of the coalition government, but has also proved once and for all that those in power are more concerned with their personal gains and the yearning for revenge than seriously addressing a matter of national security.

Peshawar could fall to Taliban in a matter of months!

The threat to our national security could not get chiller than this!

A news post in the Daily Times says: “The Taliban are no longer at the gates of Peshawar, they’re inside, making their presence felt in the largest city in the NWFP. “

Fazlur Rehman, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief has warned that it is only a matter of few months when news of the entire NWFP slipping out of the government’s control will come.

News is pouring on about para-military commandos being deployed on border with Khyber Agency to protect the provincial capital from a Taliban attack. Their numbers are said to be around 1,500. Yet another anti-terrorist force of 7,000 men is being raised to counter the creeping insurgency.

Meanwhile, the government, all too busy with their long marches and restoration of so called democracy and justice, is lingering on with their useless peace talks with Taliban. Right! Let me get this straight. The very people you have a peace talk with then go back and burn ski resorts like one in Malam Jabba to ground or execute some 20 odd peace activists. The very same people are roaming around in Peshawar, brandishing their AK-47s and threatening people to follow their distorted and abnormal version of Islam… or face the consequences. The local police is helpless and slowly but surely, Taliban are gaining control. The amount of time that they buy with talks, they focus on multiplying their numbers. So sad that it is ever so hard for our public or politicians to see.

I wonder everyday why there is never a single protest against the Taliban? Why are our oh-so-patriotic students, lawyers, politicians, and journalists alike not raising hue and cry about an enemy that threatens the very existence of the country and is knocking on our door steps? Are they part of the consipiracy too? Or are they being led blindly by a few who are using them to gain their personal goals. Such a shame.

Let me tell all those upholders of democracy and justice. Be as it may, your ’struggles’ for Pakistan’s freedom will be like flushed toilet material if Taliban start roaming in Islamabad! Forget your democracy and justice and media then. Because neither do they believe in legal courts, nor do they believe in your governmental setup and they certainly do not appreciate the media! So you can kiss all your efforts goodbye!

Open your eyes! See the big picture and if you want to protest, put this on your agenda too! Otherwise, pretty soon, Taliban will deny you the right to protest either!

Samad Khurram - Public vs Private

Samad Khurram: A PUBLIC HERO? OR A CHILDISH ACTIVIST KNOWN FOR SPREADING HATRED TOWARDS THE COUNTRY, SENDING DEATH THREATS AND EXPLICIT EMAILS TO ALL WHO DISAGREE WITH HIS VIEWS?

IS HE A SAINT OR THE DEVIL’s PUPPET?

They say controversy follows fame.

They also say that your past can come back in your face one day!

The same might become true for Samad khurram in the eyes of many who believe it was unbecoming of him to snub a US Ambassador in public by rejecting the award (with no monetary value attached) and yet accept the Harvard scholarship.

Without sharing any judgements of my own on whether it was right or wrong of him to do so, I cite below some recent news about Mr. Khurram whereby another (ugly) part of his life has come to light. 

The Weird and The Wonderful - 1

I’ll tell ya, there is tons of bizzare and strange things happening in the world right this very moment. For instance, did you hear about the World’s Biggest Coffin: the death-theme restaurant inside a 65ft long coffin? OR maybe you didn’t know about the latest fad in prayers amongst hindus: praying for an Obama victory!

Here are some of the weirdest and the most wonderful things happening around planet Earth lately:

Italian architect plans the world’s 1st ‘building in motion’ in Dubai

China: ‘quake lake’ to become tourist attractions

Online community bans ugliness

The G W Bush sewage plant

Pilots in India often fail alcohol tests

Mobile phone battery dead? Try dancing!

Don’t whistle at the builders. Girls warned!

 If you know of any bizzare or out of the ordinary news happening around you or elsewhere, post a link in the comments and we’ll add it to the post for everyone to view.

Until next time. Keep clicking.

Asia Cup 2008 - Epic Battle with Front-liners Missing!

 

Come June 23rd, and the cricket frenzy will once again hit Asia like a thunder-bolt!

This time… It will be the ASIA CUP 2008!

Although the line-up of contestants for the glory include minows like Hong Kong, U.A.E and the underdogs Bangladesh… the real battle is a three way, horns-locking, rampage of the titans: Pakistan - India - Sri Lanka!

By no means will this event be over-shadowed by the heat waves engulfing the host nation Pakistan these days. Players and fans alike will push the thought of sweating profusely under the sun aside and draw battle lines in this epic tournament.

On paper, all three are equally balanced and a force to reckon with. Unfortunately, by sheer coincidence, the three giants are all missing their front line attackers as well!

Limelight on Selina Haider at Pak Spectator

Our very own, Selina Haider, was recently interviewed by the Pak Spectator website who have a knack of reaching out to bloggers and writers every where and giving them a chance to speak out in the form of an interview.

You can view her interview by clicking [HERE]

Congratulations Seli! We’re all proud of you

Spiderman-Iron Man-Hulk - Purely Awesome Clip!

About two months ago, BLUR studios came up with this brilliant idea of making a cgi clip featuring Spiderman, Iron Man, and the Hulk!

I don’t know if the real motive behind this was to either promote upcoming flicks of these super heroes or to promote comics per say or to give us a taste of what The Avengers movie might look like or to market the video game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance! It could be all of them combined or none!

But one thing is for certain!

This short clip kicks ass! Spiderman’s 4 minute or so on this clip is a million times cooler than his three movies combined! Iron Man looks awesome and as for Hulk, this has got to be the best appearance of the incredible green ever!

If this is how they are going to make the Avenger movie then believe you me, it would be the super-hero movie of the century!

Watch them in all their glory below:

Fire Up with Firefox 3.0!!!

It is finally here! We’ve talked about we… we’ve dreamt about it… and now we have it!

The cyber world has been tingling with excitement and anticipation ever since the people at Mozilla started spilling bits and pieces of information on what to expect in the ‘revolutionary’ installment of the sizzling Firefox 3.0 web browser.

It claims to be two to three times faster than Firefox 2.0 (which we all know was quite a speedster itself) and seven times faster the Internet Explorer! Some reports say it is suppose to load pages in or under 60 miliseconds! Whoa! It’s available in over 50 languages and boast of around about 15,000 improvements! Built on the powerful new Gecko 1.9 platform, Firefox 3.0 is a force to reckon with and as some of the people who have used it so far told me: ‘It can chew and spit IE and Opera even before they can say World Wide Web’!

And that just isn’t it! Some of the exciting features to look forward to include the ‘Awesomebar’ that will change the way you navigate bookmarks and history. It has a state of the art malware and phishing protection built in for a safe and secure online experience with its one-click site-ID information! Talk about customaization and we know with Firefox that the sky is the limit! With this new baby, the just might venture till the stars! *chuckles*

For more information about Mozilla Firefox 3 and how it delivers an easier, faster, and safer online experience, visit http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/features.

Mozilla Firefox 3 is available now for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X operating systems as a free download from http://www.getfirefox.com

See also:

Mozilla Hopes to Set Guinness World Record with Firefox 3.0

Installing Firefox 3: Your questions answered

Firefox 3 fixes what’s broke

Mozilla Site Goes Down Amid Firefox 3 Downloads

Note: Contrary to pouplar belief, the babe in the picture neither comes with the browser nor does it appear as an Easter Egg! She has been presented courtesy of http://www.dvhardware.net/ for promotional purpose only! Sorry! :p

Mulk Bach Gaya Kya?

Islamabad Metroblogs has this hilarious title for the Media-Sponsored ‘long march’ that happened this weekend!

Long March Ends: Tu Phir Mulk Bach Gaya?

One word: Perfect! *chuckles*

The so called 5 km (give or take a few meters) long sea of marchers from all walks of life mostly included tired and frustrated men and women of our country who knew how useless and politically driven this obsolete practice of long marches is and had to suffer being stuck in the middle of and behind these brainwashed pawns!

Good going!     

 

Jiye Bhutto? What About Jiye Pakistan?

A charged-up Asif Ali Zardari pumped his fists in the air aPPs he declared that it won’t be long when the Presidency will echo with the slogans of ‘Jiye Bhutto’. The crowd cheers… Pakistan is not mentioned.

Was this a subtle hint for President Musharraf that his days in the President’s seat are numbered? That is not the prime concern here. Presidents come and go. What really is disappointing is that the current government is more interested in stamping their authority all across Pakistan rather than doing some thing substantial for the country itself.

Our nation has a sorry state to present as we are being led blindly to nowhere-land by corrupt politicians, politically motivated lawyers, and a sold out media that feeds on anarchy, sensationalism and chaos. 

Jiye Bhutto… Mian de naaray… Jiye Iftikhar… Go Musharraf Go… blah blah

Slogans is what we as a nation have reduced ourselves to. Slowly being driven to the point of self-destruction by the very people who have a proven record of sucking the country dry in their previous ‘rules’, we are holding a handful of individuals closer and higher than the country itself.

Where is Pakistan in all this?

Back Off Karzai!

It is one thing to whine about not being able to deal with Taliban with a firm hand in your own conuntry. It is completely another story to threaten the solidarity of your neighboring nation by stating that you will send your forces in to foreign terrotory!

Don’t you dare think we lack that capacity to wipe you off the face of this Earth. We made you what you are. We can very well ‘undo’ it as well.

Stop speaking the language of your master and be a leader of your own people. It is high time Karzai should take responsibility for what happens in his own country rather than throw accusations and threats towards Pakistan!

Karzai… You and your country have been warned!

Back To Square 1! Deal with militants scrapped!

Didn’t we say so that this is the ONLY out-come of this so called peace deal?

Well there you go!

The Pakistani government has scrapped a peace deal with the militants in the country’s northwest, saying the militants have continued violent attacks, a senior official said Monday.

Local government of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) signed an agreement with the militants in Swat valley last month.

The militants, in the agreement, were committed to stopping attacks on the security forces.

“The Swat agreement is scrapped as the militants have kept on their attacks on security forces,” Rahman Malik, adviser on Interior affairs to Prime Minister, told reporters in Islamabad.    

I can’t be bothered to comment on this development any further. Our leaders have gone nuts banging their heads against the wall with this load of crap. The better do some thing quick and effective or else the US dogs are going to push their way in and we don’t want that!

Source

1100 kg of explosives caught! Major plot foiled!

It seems like the red alert call in the capital yesterday was for a definite purpose!

Pak Tribune has reported that police in Rawalpindi have seized three vehicles loaded with a total of 1100 kgs of explosives from Dhoke Kala Khan area along with four suspicious people who have confessed that the vehicles loaded with explosive material were set to explode at various locations.

One vehicle was set to explode at the Presidential camp, the other at Musharraf’s Residence and a guest house portion was planned to be blown up by the third vehicle.

Those arrested have been relocated to an unknown location for further interogation however it has been revealed that these people have made some ‘important disclosures’

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Yes, It Was Us! Al-Qaeda claims responsibility!

Headlines in Pakistan’s Daily The NEWS this morning say that Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb attack on the Danish Embassy that left 8 dead and almost 30 wounded in Islamabad a few days ago.

An Internet statement, signed by al Qaeda’s leader in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, said Denmark was targeted as it had not apologized for the publication of the cartoons.

The attack was a “revenge against the infidel government … of Denmark which published degrading drawings of the prophet … and refused to apologize but continued … and was followed by leading Crusader states, organizations and figures,” it said.

The statement said a recorded message from the al Qaeda suicide bomber who carried out the attack would be issued.