Rules of a Street Cricket Tournament

Posted on November 3, 2009
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Owais Mughal

Guys, how about these classic Cricket Tournament rules that many of us had to follow in Street Cricket of Pakistan. I’ve personally written several such sheets of street cricket rules for tournaments therefore I for one, can very much relate to these rules and the logic/thinking that goes behind each of them. Visit the crickex login page to access your account and start enjoying a wide range of sports betting options and online casino games. We can chat about those in comments section. A quick announcement for our English readership that translation of these rules is given after the Urdu text.

Education and the Price we Pay

Posted on November 2, 2009
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Ali Faateh Khwaja

An odd pall is hanging over Pakistan. The Margallahs have been veiled with a thin film of smog.Things are simultaneously stagnant and stirring. An operation is under way in South Waziristan province; its ripples are being felt far and wide. Cities, and the people who inhabit them, have relentlessly been under attack.

With the bombing of the International Islamic University (IIU) in Islamabad, a new front opened in this War on Terror. For the very first time, an educational institution was targeted. Schools and colleges have been shut down countrywide. The effect of our nation’s descent into chaos only hit me fully last Friday when I attended a depressing security briefing session at my alma mater which, situated in the heart of Islamabad, has morphed into a nothing less than a fortress.

The principal’s address struck a depressing tone. She looked overworked and overwrought, and so did all of the other – mostly female – staff and faculty. A maternal sense of protectiveness was apparent from the intense care these women have for the children for whom they are responsible. Terrible times have engulfed us.

First Degree Batch of Namal College

Posted on November 1, 2009
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Ahmer Muzammil

It has become fashionable amongst the enlightened moderate crowd in Pakistan to criticize Imran Khan. He is supposedly the right wing nut that if came in power would lock the women in boxes, ban our daughters and our sisters from going to school, organize Friday beheadings in public square and ban all arts & music from the society. His life and the manner in which he has carried himself to this day testify to the contrary but that’s irrelevant. If you think that extremist, unreasonable, rigid mindsets exists just on the right then in the context of Pakistan you would be sadly mistaken.

For a rabid cricket fanatic who grew up in Karachi in late 80’s early 90’s, it’s doubly hard for someone like me to admire Imran and it’s almost a reflex action to despise him because of the rivalry he had with my childhood hero Miandad. We should all strive however to grow out of our teen prejudices and judge matters on merit.

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