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Zaka Ashraf Chairman PCB Profile

By Shayan Khan • Oct 11th, 2011 • Category: Entertainment

Zaka Ashraf has become the chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board replacing the Ijaz Butt. The similarity between both of them is that both are the fast friends of President Asif Ali Zardari.
President Asif Ali Zardari is known for blessing his friends, and now he has blessed one more of his friend. Zaka Ashraf is the [...]



Truth or Unethical

By Adnan Arshad Mansoori • Sep 7th, 2011 • Category: Features

PCB Officials call a New Zealand Beer advert “Unethical” for making fun of match-fixing Kiwi all-rounder Daryl Tuffey fronted the beer Ad Campaign, which has now been withdrawn. The PCB accused the Moa Brewing Company of being “Insensitive to the feelings of the Pakistani Nation”.
It is rather unfortunate that the advertising company became insensitive to [...]



South African Batsman Hashim Amla’s Devotion to Islam

By Mohammad Yusha • Aug 29th, 2011 • Category: Entertainment

South African opening Batsman Hashim Amla is currently the best ODI batman in the world, with an average of 57 at a strike rate of almost 93.
What is also fabulous is Hashim Amla’s devotion to Islam. He pays a monthly fine of $500 for not wearing alcohol tags on his cricket gear. Not only [...]



Pepsi Cricket Star with PCB

By Shayan Khan • Jun 20th, 2010 • Category: Entertainment

The plight of the Pakistani cricket is not hidden from any. The way we have lost in the Asia cup by the hands of India and Sri Lanka has once again exposed that we are not up to the par of these international teams and our team is just a mumbo jumbo of old and [...]



Pakistan Team for T20 World Cup 2010

By Amin Rehman • Mar 13th, 2010 • Category: Entertainment

Pakistan Cricket Board’s new Chairman of Selectors Mohsin Hassan Khan is an intelligent and honest person keeping aside his personal issues with cine world and reported drunken appearance in a live TV show. When he was appointed to this post I had my all the sympathies with him as he was more interested in batting [...]



End of Players’ Power

By Rai Azlan • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: Politics

For last an hour I am watching TV not for the reason of by-election which is taking place in NA123 which is not far away from my place. The reason behind this activity is the news which created a Bang in the cricket sky of Pakistan.  A few days back it was suggested to punish [...]



Shahid Afraidi, The Ball Eater

By Shaukat M Malik CPA • Feb 4th, 2010 • Category: Features

Through repeated bombings and killings of policemen, military and civilians our “Sharia and Hadood” loving extremist Mullahs and their clones the Taliban have scared away cricketing nations from Pakistan. Through this they have destroyed the livelihood of millions of Pakistanis.



Handover PCB and Pakistan Team to Taliban

By Shayan Khan • Jan 23rd, 2010 • Category: Entertainment

Make Hakimullah Mehsud, the chairman of Pakistan Cricket Boad, Qari Younis the coach of the team and Qari Waliur Rehman, the manager. The whole shura of the Taliban will be deciding upon the selection of the players and this redoubtable selection shura will make sure that nepotism doesn’t count in.
The word of Hakimullah Mehsud will [...]



What can be a befitting response to IPL snub? PPL!

By Guest Blogger • Jan 23rd, 2010 • Category: Politics

Shahid Afridi - silence. Umar Gul - silence again. And the same cold lull was heard nine more times in the ballroom of Mumbais elite hotel a couple of days back, when the names of Pakistani cricketers were announced for the IPL-III auction.
But as they say, a prolonged silence often signals a storm. A storm [...]



Kamran Akmal Blackmails PCB

By Haris Hashmi • Jan 11th, 2010 • Category: Entertainment

Kamran Akmal, the infamous catch-dropper and stumps-missing player of Pakistan, has  been at last asked to play only as batsman in the natioal team and his replacement as wicket keeper is on the way.
But the stubborn and intransigent Kamran Akmal has refused to do so and has said that he would play in both capacities [...]