Tag: Sri Lanka

  • We can change our fortunes, The way we won the final

    Guest post by Azhar Aslam and Shaista Kazmi So how did we do it? Was it sheer luck? Hardly any one would agree. Was it Faith only? Some would argue for that. Was it the sheer talent of Afridi, Akmal, Razzaq and Gul? Many would vouch for that. As I write this, my mother has…

  • We are the Twenty20 World Cup Champions !!!

    Little words can express the happiness with which I celebrate the fact that Pakistan are the World Champions of the Twenty20 world cup. To have defeated Sri Lanka with a comfortable margin of eight wickets and many balls to spare. Pakistan erupted with a roar of celebrations heard not only in Pakistan but practically every…

  • Monitor #PakCricket LIVE

    Keep an eye on the conversations going on online via this Live Blog, if you choose to take part then either join twitter.com and use the hashtag #PakCricket [which will pull your message into this live blog] alternatively you can leave a comment in the CoveritLive application re and after approval it can be shared…

  • Teeth Maestro on Wired and Active

    In the past few weeks I had been invited by Dawn TV to be interviewed for their show Wired and Active. I have been interviewed by the host Rabia Garib thrice, first was basically in light of my activism since 2005, the second show immediately after the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team while…

  • Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team beats Sri Lanka by 57-runs in World Cup

    Pakistan Women Cricket team has just trumped a 57-run win over Sri Lanka at the Women’s World Cup in Sydney. Pakistan totalled 161-7 from their 50 overs and then bowled out Sri Lanka for just 104, with medium-pacer Qanita Jalil taking 3-33 from eight overs. Sri Lanka never recovered from losing their first three wickets…

  • Guest post on ThinkProgress.org | Attack on Sri Lankan team in Lahore

    I have jsut penned an artcile for ThinkProgress.org featured on The Wonk Room “A Pakistani Perspective On The Current State Of Pakistani Society” and simultaneouls an excertp being featured on the main ThinkProgress.org blog “Attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan rouses anger against militants”

  • Open letter to citizens of Sri Lanka

    by Samad Khurram and Sara Seerat Published in Daily News (Sri Lanka) This letter is our expression of deep sorrow and grief at the savage attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team while they were touring our country. As Pakistani citizens, we are shocked, angered, and greatly embarrassed at being the source of such anxiety…

  • This is Not Cricket

    Guest blog by Temporal from Baithak Blog The Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked in Lahore yesterday by terrorists. SSS terms this a “shift”. I think it is a “deterioration” or “escalation” of lawlessness. If Pakistan is to retain its independence this tide will not be curbed easily by a solitary act (like the restoration…

  • Attack in Lahore – Qui Bono [who benefits]

    Guest Blog by Azhar Aslam and Shaista Kazmi Pakistan is in a classic ‘cry wolf’ situation. Now that the wolf has come one risks shouting about it at the peril of being called paranoid, liar, crazy or conspiracy theorist. But this unfortunate ‘wolf cry’ of the ‘foreign hand’ may have given a room to manoeuvre…

  • Secret Investigative report emerges [22nd Jan] showing threat to Sri Lanka team

    A secret investigative report has just surfaced prepared by the Additional Inspector General of the Crime Investigation Division, Punjab on 22nd January 2009 outlining the potential threat to the Sri Lankan team. It outlines very briefly the following four points It has reliably been learnt that “RAW” (Indian Intelligence Agency) has assigned its agents the…

  • Sri Lankan players attack amid a ‘political’ security lapse

    Early today morning a number of terrorist people on foot attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team as it was approaching Gaddafi Stadium the bus was brutally attacked by almost twelve gunmen as it passed through the Liberty Roundabout. The bus was miraculously shielded from about two rocket attacks and serious damage was avoided as Police…