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SKIP JACK I received a call from a university friend asking, in fact ordering, for joining them on visit to Gadani, Ship-breaking Yard. It was a casual promise that I made to be with on this time long ago, in fact I was curious to visit that place. So I just pack and went to his home where we stay in night and then left for Gadani in the morning where  Skip Jack  was waiting for us. I and My Friends As soon as we step up on the ship, we act like Pirates, searching every single cabin every single room and trying to pick any thing that we thought was worthy for us. I was interested in visiting this fantasy land. I can recall every single film in which ship was used as prop. My moment of shout was when I visited Kitchen. I saw a packs of Coffee and a round shaped official sized DART BOARD with so many darts were on the floor. I was like I want it at any cost. My friend showing his ge...

Indo-Pak sporting ties ended with the 2008 terror attacks on Mumbai. A recent melt in relations and a resumption of the tenuous peace process earlier this year has raised hopes that direct sports matches can resume, notably in India and Pakistan’s twin obsession of cricket. Giving security  to 01 will be less headache than 11.Yes I am giving a Rough Idea for a  “peace match"  tennis war between the nuclear-armed rivals. It will be a big commercial event as Aisam has  got a fan following and is endorsing so many  brands. It will get a resonable media coverage. T hey can even take advatnage of  campaign named "Aman ki Asha" & geo super will be interested in the broadcast of the event not onl y because it comes under Jang Group but because of the commercial value of the event also. The 31-Indian travelled to Pakistan and said  “It’s nice to be in Pakistan and I hope we resume tennis between the two ...

Photo: Reverse Sweep Test cricket has been has always been played during the daytime but the decreasing  viewer-ship  of the game wake ICC to take some steps in this regard. ICC is now planning to introduce day-night multi day test matches. The game, like ODIs, will start in daylight but will reach to end at night under floodlights. Test cricket is a real test of mental and physical skills of players . Fans of test match cricket will be very cautious of any attempt to change the current format.  If this strategic experiment works  then the problem of play finishing early due to bad light would not be an issue. This will resolve a very frustrating issue of test matches as play is sometimes called off for bad light when it appears to be fine. The use of floodlights would ensure no playing time would be lost due to issues with poor visibility. Photo Compose: Saddam Siddiqui Color of ball is the next matter of concern in this regard. The only other alte...

Google Images It's a situation no sportsperson should ever find himself in,  by playing in the World Series Hockey tournament at the risk of forfeiting his Green shirt. Caught between the i nsecurities stemming from advancing age, finance and limited opportunities of playing competitive hockey in Pakistan have forced the player to choose WSH even at cost of national representation in olympics. PHF Website The PHF’s stance was in accordance with the FIH's wishes that since the WSH was being organised by the unrecognised hockey body, the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), it was illegal.  This dilemma reminds me Indian Cricket League recently and Kerry Packer in 70s and responses made by our national heroes of the most popular and sponsored game in Pakistan.  They were also banned but later an apology letter allows them to wear Green Caps. History might repeat itself in this case. Google Images Financially cricketers a...

Recent hype created by Geo Super made me curious about this weekend’s big fight–Amir Khan/Lamont Peterson. If you ask Pakistani, they will tell you that Khan is the favorite. But if you talk to Peterson’s supporters, they will tell you he can beat Khan. Photo : Google Images As per video archive on Youtube it is clear that both men have the talent and ability to win. Analytical result of their career are as follow: 29-1 for Peterson and 26-1 for Khan. Khan is 5’10″ versus Peterson at 5’9″ and two years apart in age. At 27, Peterson is the elder man. KO ratio of Khan is over 66% while Peterson's ratio is just less than 50%. Khan has also been in with top contenders like Zab Judah, Dimitry Salita and Maidana. His only loss was also in 2008, to Breidis Prescott, who scored a 1st-round KO. His opposition has obviously been a notch above Peterson’s. Peterson happens to be one of the fair play kind of guys in the sport today. He was gracious before the fight and even mor...

TV Channels borrow, Cable channels steals! Piracy of entertainment related software (movies & music) is blatant in both their physical (CD & DVD’s) & digital (download peer to peer sharing) & remains for the most part unchecked. The net effect of this is that pirated music & movies are freely available to any one who either has a computer with an internet connection or is willing to pay Rs. 30/= for a CD or DVD. May be this scenario does not sound terribly troublesome as you can argue legal music & movies are too expensive for almost 95% population of Pakistan but using these arguments also means ignoring impact of piracy in the layer content. The impact of piracy on media cannot be ignored. In 2004-05, license to cable operators were distributed like visiting cards, along with airing satellite& terrestrial channel & permission to run in house channel to generate advertising revenue. Cable operators needed content to air on their chann...

It is being said 2 Cs are always out and loud in Pakistan Cricket and Crime. But we have seen a disastrous fusion of these 2Cs in the spot-fixing scandal.  Every cricketing country will have thrown up crimes of greater financial magnitude than this in the last 12 months, and Pakistan is particularly culpable. If a politician had done this, it wouldn't even have made it to the news but Sports make people win and lose, they laugh and they cry, but they strive at all times.  That is why what Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif have done evokes sadness and disillusionment in far greater measure than the financial implications of their act. But sportsmen come from the same society as everyone else. Among sportsmen are the noble, the diligent and the caring, as there are the callous, the cheats and the criminals. As an actor is good at delivering lines, a painter at creating art out of an empty canvas, so too are sportsmen at playing sport. We must ex...

Coming into  SAFF Championship 2011  with new coach Zavisa Milosavljevic taking charge of the team only a few weeks back meant that the team was under-prepared for the competition.  The Serbian rightly pointed out that they do not have a number nine in their team earlier and it was evident  in both games against Bangladesh and Maldives . They   put up a decent display but the Green Shirts were wasteful with their chances and their often-threatening tactics on the field were not converted into goals.  Spirit to win the match was present but player shows sign of fatigue in second half. Long passes unnecessary shot on targets were more than creating a chance.  Pakistani Football have shown signs of improvement but the Serbian has to do a lot of work.  I am looking forward for an upset in from this site in this tournament .