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I was in the break-out room of our Mobilink office with dozens of colleagues huddled round the big TV screen watching the T20 WC final. The match was well poised but at a very critical juncture. Pakistan just lost its skipper Shoaib Malik and with an ever-increasing required rate the match was tilting slightly into [...]

Geo tou aisay
فاصلہ ضرور ہے
منزلوں سے دور ہے
حوصلہ مگر دکھانا چاہئے
سانس ہے تو آس ہے
آس ہے تو پیاس ہے
پیاس ہے تو پھر بجھانا چاہئے
جھُکی جھُکی نہ ہوں نظریں
جھُکے نہ سر، جیو تو ایسے
سہما سہما سا ہو دل
نہ ہو کوئی ڈر، جیو تو ایسے
آئے جو غم تو مسکراؤ
مسکرا کے گلے لگاؤ
آگے آگے بڑھتے جانا
ساتھ سنگ چلیں
جیو [...]

Requiring a win to move into the semi-finals, Pakistan accomplished just that with an efficient performance, easing past Ireland by 39 runs at The Oval. The margin was also sufficient to lift their net run-rate to 1.19, ensuring there’s no way both New Zealand and Sri Lanka can finish with as many points and a [...]

Like every other Pakistani, I am simply appalled and very deeply hurt by the recent terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team that took place in Lahore. ALL acts of terrorism should be condemned, but this was definitely much more than a physical attack. It was an attack on the very core of our Pakistani-ism, [...]

Originally posted by Faisal Irfan Mian
The small village of Nawakille (pop. few thousand) outside the frontier city of Peshawar in Pakistan boasts something that no other in the world can. Over the last half century, the village that does not have a single squash court, has produced six world number ones in the sport. In [...]

Originally posted by Jehan Ara

After all he is the only Pakistani to have won a medal at the Paralympic Games in Beijing. He suffers from Cerebral Palsy. Haider created history when he won the silver medal for Pakistan in the Long Jump competition. Haider covered the distance of 6.44 meters, equal to the Tunisian competitor [...]