Most of the Desi DDM are still trying to hide the true face of Afridi ( WKK-ness??) by not talking about his entire statement of " Indians not as large hearted as muslims and Pakistani's" and only harping about how he said " Indians are not large hearted as pakis" and by also blanking out his #$@% against GG/ 26-11 attacks.milindc wrote:Afridi was portrayed by WKK/NDTV clowns as 'Gracious', 'Good Sportsman' after his post-match speech at Mohali. Then his impromptu 'Why hate India?' presser after he landed in Pakistan gave the WKK/NDTV brigade multiple orgasms. They went overboard and started 'Cricket Diplomacy' has worked propaganda. Afridi was their hero.
After his rambling about 'Pakistanis Muslims having bigger Warts', NDTV/WKK were shell-shocked ... There was good reaction from other Media channels, and they showed the Afridi's video.
NDTV quickly arranged for damage control, and promptly Afridi put his other foot in the mouth.
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I would recommend that Afridi STFU before he ruins the chances of ALL pakeestanis from getting into the next IPL.
But I 400% expect the Pak Fauj to indulge in some strategic brilliance by then like in mumbai 26/11.
Wow! it must be moral sapping for the Jihadis to not strike against India in over two years.
But I 400% expect the Pak Fauj to indulge in some strategic brilliance by then like in mumbai 26/11.
Wow! it must be moral sapping for the Jihadis to not strike against India in over two years.
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Pakistan Badminton Jirga has now 2 factions - a good one and a bad one. AoA!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Pune_bombingGagan wrote:I would recommend that Afridi STFU before he ruins the chances of ALL pakeestanis from getting into the next IPL.
But I 400% expect the Pak Fauj to indulge in some strategic brilliance by then like in mumbai 26/11.
Wow! it must be moral sapping for the Jihadis to not strike against India in over two years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Varanasi_bombing
Gagan,
not even 5 months have passed.
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AFAIK, there were two separate interviews. One in which he referred only to Pakis, and another which he said Muslims and Pakis.sum wrote: Most of the Desi DDM are still trying to hide the true face of Afridi ( WKK-ness??) by not talking about his entire statement of " Indians not as large hearted as muslims and Pakistani's" and only harping about how he said " Indians are not large hearted as pakis" and by also blanking out his #$@% against GG/ 26-11 attacks.
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Buck does not stop at NDTV. . MMS's Cricket diplomacy looks really silly....pakis go back home and piss on piss process.milindc wrote: NDTV quickly arranged for damage control, and promptly Afridi put his other foot in the mouth.
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Why is playing in IPL such a big deal for all Pakis? All their actions or lack of it are being attributed to playing in IPL.
You read Paki opinion makers and they keep complaining that IPL without Pakistanis is a flop show(Arrey baba, don't watch it then na)
and that IPL somehow is now benchmark for Indian decency towards Pakistanis and somehow GoI is in some grand Conspiracy with team owners and BCCI and ICC to stop Pakis from playing in IPL.
So much heartburn for just one IPL, Imagine when in couple of decades, India has various versions of IPL across different sports and no Paki featuring in it, How they are going to feel.
Anyways most of the people who I interact with have no love for Pakis anymore and would be more than happy to see Pakis stewing in their own juices.
So much so, lot of folks now flip channels if there is a Paki on it explaining why killing in India is somehow india's fault.
You read Paki opinion makers and they keep complaining that IPL without Pakistanis is a flop show(Arrey baba, don't watch it then na)
and that IPL somehow is now benchmark for Indian decency towards Pakistanis and somehow GoI is in some grand Conspiracy with team owners and BCCI and ICC to stop Pakis from playing in IPL.
So much heartburn for just one IPL, Imagine when in couple of decades, India has various versions of IPL across different sports and no Paki featuring in it, How they are going to feel.
Anyways most of the people who I interact with have no love for Pakis anymore and would be more than happy to see Pakis stewing in their own juices.
So much so, lot of folks now flip channels if there is a Paki on it explaining why killing in India is somehow india's fault.
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What the bugger Afridi is saying is that Indian hearts are the normal size onlee, and not swollen and diseased like the paki hearts onlee. It looks like paki musalmaan population is suffering a silent epidemic of grossly swollen hearts so much so that pakis have come to regard that as normal. SDRE hearts, on the other hand, are narrow and dark, as usual.
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I have created a facebook page " Understanding Pakistan "
Some of the links on first page are not working
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Understan ... 6229658167
Some of the links on first page are not working
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Understan ... 6229658167
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Sonakshi Sinha for PM!
After India's historic win against its cricket rival, many Indian fans had gone ballastic with their celebrations, going ahead to make jokes and SMSes making fun of Pakistan's performance. One such fan was Sonakshi, who decided to join the fun in her own way. She went on to post a morphed picture of Shahid Afridi getting wacked by an Indian batsman on popular networking site Twitter,
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From twitter @pragmatic_d
Am sure Mush knows how many and where Pak's nooks are located. And he's sheltering in UKstan. This visit can be useful for western intell in extracting stuff from gola's musharraf. 'Tell us or we'll send you back to Pokistan' type threats only. Fitting & well deserved, IMVHO.
Wow, eh? goes to show how much love faith trust and other such warm n fuzzy slurry now remains between prodigal turd UKstan and its prodigal basturd Pokistan. jai ho jai ho indeed.No Pakistani security personnel included in the motorcade during PM Cameron’s journey from airport to Isloo and back. http://bit.ly/htrwju
Am sure Mush knows how many and where Pak's nooks are located. And he's sheltering in UKstan. This visit can be useful for western intell in extracting stuff from gola's musharraf. 'Tell us or we'll send you back to Pokistan' type threats only. Fitting & well deserved, IMVHO.
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The morphed picture in question is this:
Further Sonakshi Sharma writes:
The lady quickly downhill skis and says:
Further Sonakshi Sharma writes:
Her paki teetar fans respond by giving duhai of Sallu bhai, saying that sallu bhai never angers paki fans, and threaten to unfollow her on teetar.'De ghumaaaaake! Hehehehahahaha.'
The lady quickly downhill skis and says:
'Pak fans very upset. jung ke maidan mein ladne se toh accha hi hai khel ke maidan mein ladein! I am all for love thy neighbour. Be a sport yaar'.
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Nothing surprising. I am sure that there were far more elaborate security measures than just excluding TSP security personnel in the entourage from the airport than were visible to naked eyes, if one goes by what Pres. Clinton Bush took and what Ms. Hillary Clinton regularly during her trips there.Hari Seldon wrote:From twitter @pragmatic_dWow, eh? goes to show how much love faith trust and other such warm n fuzzy slurry now remains between prodigal turd UKstan and its prodigal basturd Pokistan. jai ho jai ho indeed.No Pakistani security personnel included in the motorcade during PM Cameron’s journey from airport to Isloo and back. http://bit.ly/htrwju
The lovefest will continue though.
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I am not entirely clear why this visit is taking place in the first place. All this show and tamasha for a day long visit!! It would have been cheaper (and productive) if the entire paki cabinet had gone to UKistan. I am also intrigued (and in some ways, pleased) by this piece:Hari Seldon wrote:No Pakistani security personnel included in the motorcade during PM Cameron’s journey from airport to Isloo and back. http://bit.ly/htrwju
The key message being sent out to the pakis is that "Guys! We dont trust you to even lend us your ambulances. Your cops will be involved but from a long (long) distance (to keep the mango abduls away evidently)". That's probably to prevent another BB incident. I am pretty sure Cameron will use the usual ploys of decoy planes and landing in the dark. This overall message must hurt the paki psyche and H&D. How much more abuse will they take before sense prevails in their collective minds? I mean, don't the pakis get it by now that no one (I repeat, no one) likes them?Sources said they brought with them special explosive-proof vehicles and ambulances to ensure foolproof security to the prime minister and his entourage. The sources said Foreign Office had held a meeting with senior security officials of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Sunday and directed them to put in place unprecedented security arrangements for the visiting prime minister. The British advance team will manage the security arrangements for their prime minister while the Islamabad police will be deployed along the route and on piloting duty of the VVIP motorcade from a long distance, said the sources.
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To paraphase some Pakistanis, when Islam first entered India, it met a rudimentary civilization.SSridhar wrote: Absolutely. Many Pakistanis also believe that the culture of India itself is largely Islamic, forgetting that at most Islam’s influence could have been over eight or nine centuries while Indian civilization extends several tens of centuries back.
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Then and now:
Qaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, speech at the meeting of the Muslim University Union Aligarh, March 10, 1941; Archives of the Freedom Movement, Vol 237
Qaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, speech at the meeting of the Muslim University Union Aligarh, March 10, 1941; Archives of the Freedom Movement, Vol 237
Fida Husain, 14 year old, attempted suicide bomber, captured after his explosives failed to detonate, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan, April 3, 2011, as reported in DawnPakistan is not only a practicable goal but the only goal if you want to save Islam from complete annihilation in this country.
You all are accomplices of the enemies of Islam who are bent upon eliminating Islam and Muslims,” he allegedly said. ”If I get a chance, I will again strike as a suicide bomber.”
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cameron must have spent what remains of the uk defence budget on his trip to isloo
mean-e-while, prophet musharraff is pontificating on skynews at the moment
mean-e-while, prophet musharraff is pontificating on skynews at the moment
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Not just pakis - many Indians of the Romila Thapar ilk also believe the same. This is an organized international racket involving academics, historians and so-called Indologists, whose aim is to deny India's civilizational identity, reduce the length of India's civilizational history, trivialize the sophistication of Indian/Hindu philosophies, ityadi. Not all of these folks are malign - but the majority are.A_Gupta wrote:To paraphase some Pakistanis, when Islam first entered India, it met a rudimentary civilization.SSridhar wrote: Absolutely. Many Pakistanis also believe that the culture of India itself is largely Islamic, forgetting that at most Islam’s influence could have been over eight or nine centuries while Indian civilization extends several tens of centuries back.
Pakis ofcourse find it convenient to quote these "scholars" and "historians" to further their own propaganda, though this is by no means a paki invention. Islam denies the existance of all pre-Islamic cultures. Islam does not trivialize or belittle ancient cultures - Islam denies in toto the existance of cultures before big mo popped up in Arabia. In the case of India whose ancient culture survives to this day, the pakis, the descendants of Islamic invaders, have to fall back to trivializing and ridiculing since outright rejection is impractical.
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^Harish
The sad thing is that like Pakis the McCaulized Indias also defy logic to see the facts even when those facts are on their faces. It must be intellectual laziness on Indian side where as Pakis have an ideology to hide behind.Not just pakis - many Indians of the Romila Thapar ilk also believe the same. This is an organized international racket involving academics, historians and so-called Indologists, whose aim is to deny India's civilizational identity, reduce the length of India's civilizational history, trivialize the sophistication of Indian/Hindu philosophies, ityadi. Not all of these folks are malign - but the majority are.
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Err,
What happens if polio afflicts raakit itself hain ji?
No raakit, no raakit mard.
What happens if polio afflicts raakit itself hain ji?
No raakit, no raakit mard.
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Afridi is still smarting after taking panga with GG and getting a barrage of maa behn gaalis. It is on youtube and someone has done a funny voice over. Pakis generally think they are big strong bullies and when they see any SDRE not cowering, they take it as an affront to their mardangi.sum wrote: Most of the Desi DDM are still trying to hide the true face of Afridi ( WKK-ness??) by not talking about his entire statement of " Indians not as large hearted as muslims and Pakistani's" and only harping about how he said " Indians are not large hearted as pakis" and by also blanking out his #$@% against GG/ 26-11 attacks.
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BTW, does anybody have any doubt that the "third country" Afridi was referring to is the USA?
Not enough publicity is being given to the fact that Afridi's comments were not just bigoted against Indians, but was also anti-American.
Not enough publicity is being given to the fact that Afridi's comments were not just bigoted against Indians, but was also anti-American.
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Looks like Chinese semi-occupation of PoK continues unabated....
From http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 876620.cms
From http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 876620.cms
JAMMU: China's presence in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is "increasing steadily" and its troops are "actually present" along the Line-of-Control, a top Army commander said, adding the Chinese footprints are "too close for comfort" for India.
"Chinese presence in Gilgit-Baltistan and the Northern Areas is increasing steadily... There are many people who are concerned about the fact that if there was to be hostility between us and Pakistan, what would be the complicity of Chinese. Not only they are in the neighbourhood but the fact that they are actually present and stationed along the LoC," Northern Army commander Lt Gen KT Parnaik said here last week while addressing a seminar.
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^^ India is now paying the price for not actively pursuing the policy to liberate and reintegrate Gilgit-Baltitstan. Now that Gilgit-Baltitstan has become part of China, it is going to be difficult.
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Now that India has more or less "accepted" China's stance on Tibet, why would it not do the same for Gilgit-Baltistan? After all Tibet and G-B have shared history.Dipanker wrote:^^ India is now paying the price for not actively pursuing the policy to liberate and reintegrate Gilgit-Baltitstan. Now that Gilgit-Baltitstan has become part of China, it is going to be difficult.
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This is because Islam lacked a pagan (Greek/Roman/Egyptian) past which could not be ignored and savaged completely. The other movement Xtians could not get away with the same complete denial of history and so Western civ retained large strains of "classical" elements which even grew over time. OTOH Arabic peninsula pre-Islam was a major backwater (of course, it still is). So they can pretend that pagans were only stone worshippers and monkeys.Harish wrote:Not just pakis - many Indians of the Romila Thapar ilk also believe the same. This is an organized international racket involving academics, historians and so-called Indologists, whose aim is to deny India's civilizational identity, reduce the length of India's civilizational history, trivialize the sophistication of Indian/Hindu philosophies, ityadi. Not all of these folks are malign - but the majority are.A_Gupta wrote:
To paraphase some Pakistanis, when Islam first entered India, it met a rudimentary civilization.
Pakis ofcourse find it convenient to quote these "scholars" and "historians" to further their own propaganda, though this is by no means a paki invention. Islam denies the existance of all pre-Islamic cultures. Islam does not trivialize or belittle ancient cultures - Islam denies in toto the existance of cultures before big mo popped up in Arabia. In the case of India whose ancient culture survives to this day, the pakis, the descendants of Islamic invaders, have to fall back to trivializing and ridiculing since outright rejection is impractical.
Islam must not be allowed to forget its history. This history must be hammered home at every step so that the crude memes of "good Islamic king/invader/ruler who followed the Quran" can never go unopposed. Talking about the Hindus who were taken as slaves is one such start (also cannot let go of the African slave trade by the Islamic nations either).
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Dipanker wrote:India is now paying the price for not actively pursuing the policy to liberate and reintegrate Gilgit-Baltitstan. Now that Gilgit-Baltitstan has become part of China, it is going to be difficult.
Time for India and the West to do a Balochistan in Gilgit/Baltistan. There is a nascent independence movement already underway under the flag of "Free Balawaristan". Unlike Balochistan, this region shares an international boundary and, according to some experts, does not fall under the J&K region. Here's a video link of one of their leaders Nawaz Khan Naji: Balawaristan- why we want freedom. The movement's chairman is Abdul Hamid Khan and he has been to India to attend seminars. I will not surprised if Raa is not already on the case.pgbhat wrote:Now that India has more or less "accepted" China's stance on Tibet, why would it not do the same for Gilgit-Baltistan? After all Tibet and G-B have shared history.
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UB, What is the Arabic word for beautiful woman?
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Ghaniyah - Pretty girl, beautiful woman, beautyramana wrote:UB, What is the Arabic word for beautiful woman?
Some may also use the term "na-paki".
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The Afridi after-effect
Afridi’s political ‘no-ball’. Ita all about education (or rather, lack of it).
Afridi’s political ‘no-ball’. Ita all about education (or rather, lack of it).
He also gave his audience the dubious satisfaction of hearing a piece of judgement directly out of Pakistan’s textbook indoctrination, something that his Indian counterpart MS Dhoni would never have done, given his better education
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) should reprimand Mr Afridi despite his popularity, because he has done the opposite of what the sport is meant to achieve. When the Olympic Games first began, they allowed competing nations to defuse their instinct for war and divert it to a more productive purpose. Athletes gathered in Athens from states often at war with each other, and the objective of the games was not to promote hostilities but to remove them through catharsis. What the Pakistani skipper has done tells us that the PCB continues to neglect its duty to educate its players in the decorum of the game. It needs to undertake this briefing, given the low level of education among our sportsmen.
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He accused Indian TV channels of “worsening political ties between the two great rival countries”, adding that the Pakistani media was “a hundred times better”.
Two great rivals? Does China play cricket?
Two great rivals? Does China play cricket?
Poak Jounalist spreading Aman in India.
Sorry for the long post but here are some twitter posts of a specimen (Mushahid Hussain) of the Secular and Peace loving Silent Majority of Pakistan. He came to India on an all expense paid trip to spread Aman and enjoy company of Ashas. He watched the India-Pak and even the final match.. but was disappointed by us kaffirs playing communal songs..
Source : http://twitter.com/Mushahid
Source : http://twitter.com/Mushahid
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‘No Pak exit for US military personnel’
The US personnel have been barred from leaving Pakistan because of expired visas and other documentary irregularities, the Dawn newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying. There are varying claims about the number of US soldiers denied exit. Some sources claimed about 20 to 30 people had been affected while others put the figure at slightly less than 100.
The personnel were assigned to the US Office of Defence Representative in Pakistan (ODRP), which oversees bilateral military relations, including training and equipment. Some of the personnel overstayed their visas while a majority of them had expired no-objection certificates (NOCs).
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That rascal was Badmash's info minister and prior to that a cushion bearer for Zia.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/worl ... 880383.cmsCameron adds to Mush worries, says may extradite him
This will be fun.....I hope it happens
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British PM takes a huge gamble with the lives of British troops in Afghanistan
Mr Cameron agreed to spend millions more on a centre of excellence for the country’s soldiers and spies near Peshawar, a hotbed of militancy. The technology deal sparked fears that the Pakistani intelligence service, the ISI, would hand details to the Taliban, enabling them to build more effective improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
£650m of British taxpayers’ money for schools by the Department for International Development will make Pakistan the UK’s biggest recipient of overseas aid. Mr Cameron defended the payments, saying, "If Pakistan is a success we’ll have a good friend to trade and invest and deal with. If we fail we’ll have all the problems of migration, of extremism, problems that we don’t want to see. So it’s in our interest that Pakistan succeeds."
But Tory MP Philip Davies said: "Particularly at the moment when we’ve got no money, there’s absolutely no justification for increasing the amounts that we give to other countries. That is especially the case with countries that can afford to spend billions on defence. If they can afford submarines they can afford to educate their own people. We need to concern ourselves with our own schools because countries around the world are overtaking us in educational attainment."
Mr Cameron agreed to spend millions more on a centre of excellence for the country’s soldiers and spies near Peshawar, a hotbed of militancy. The technology deal sparked fears that the Pakistani intelligence service, the ISI, would hand details to the Taliban, enabling them to build more effective improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
£650m of British taxpayers’ money for schools by the Department for International Development will make Pakistan the UK’s biggest recipient of overseas aid. Mr Cameron defended the payments, saying, "If Pakistan is a success we’ll have a good friend to trade and invest and deal with. If we fail we’ll have all the problems of migration, of extremism, problems that we don’t want to see. So it’s in our interest that Pakistan succeeds."
But Tory MP Philip Davies said: "Particularly at the moment when we’ve got no money, there’s absolutely no justification for increasing the amounts that we give to other countries. That is especially the case with countries that can afford to spend billions on defence. If they can afford submarines they can afford to educate their own people. We need to concern ourselves with our own schools because countries around the world are overtaking us in educational attainment."
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How well do Kiyani and Mushy get along? Even if Musharraf is extradited, i doubt it if the military will let judiciary to prosecute their man.anishns wrote:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/worl ... 880383.cmsCameron adds to Mush worries, says may extradite him
This will be fun.....I hope it happens
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Absurd Mix of Religion and Cricket
The SMSs circulated on mobile phones throughout, requesting the recipients to recite a certain ayat-e-kareema (verse) for Pakistan’s win, is just the tip of the iceberg. The religious leaders suggesting a tasbeeh (mantra) and dua-e-haajat (special prayer) for a potential win is another one.
We were reminded of the major Armageddon being played in Mohali between haq (truth) and baatil (falsehood). We were assured that haq always triumphs over baatil, no matter what. We were reminded of our major battles of the past, where we were supposedly bruised and battered, yet we were able to emerge as victors, only because of our faith. The irony is that these emotions are peddled on a constant basis, at every juncture of our lives, cricket or otherwise.