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2010-06-01T22:42:00.000-07:00

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2010-06-01T22:38:00.000-07:00

Homer Simpson named greatest TV character

2010-06-01T04:26:00.000-07:00

Beer-swilling, doughtnut-lover Homer Simpson has been named the greatest character created for television and film in the past 20 years. The star character of long-running US cartoon series “The Simpsons” beat schoolboy wizard Harry Potter and vampire slayer Buffy to take top place in the survey for US entertainment magazine Entertainment Weekly.

Simpson's creator Matt Groening said millions of people were able to identify with Homer with his catchphrase “D’oh”.The Simpsons, broadcast in more than 90 countries, is the longest-running US TV series in prime time, now in its 21st season.

“People can relate to Homer because we're all secretly propelled by desires we can't admit to,” Groening was quoted as telling Entertainment Weekly. Homer is launching himself head-first into every single impulsive thought that occurs to him. His love of whatever is a joy to witness. Harry Potter, created by British author JK Rowling and played by actor Daniel Radcliffe in six films, was described as a “global icon” to take the second place in the magazine's poll.

The star of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, came third in the list followed by Tony Soprano from HBO drama series “The Sopranos” and comic book villain the Joker played by late Australian actor Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight.”

Pakistani shuttlers to olympics

2010-06-01T04:03:00.001-07:00

Pakistan Badminton Federation (PBF) senior vice president Syed Naqi Mohsin believes that if the Pakistan’s top doubles pair of Rizwan Azam and Kashif Sulehri feature in international tournaments as their Indian counterparts do, they can easily qualify for London Olympics 2012.
The two players didn’t undergo any camp and have featured in only two tournaments during the last year. However, their performance in the recently concluded Maldives International Badminton Championship shows that they have great potential and if they get proper exposure in the international arena they can easily break into World top 50 rankings in the doubles ranking which is enough to qualify for the Olympics,” Naqi told PPI. Rizwan and Kashif clinched the doubles title in Maldives Challenge after pulling some sensational upsets throughout their winning spree in the event. Maldives Challenge, which had participants from 15 countries, offered world ranking points and a total prize of US$ 15,000.

Aisam, Rohan in French Open pre-quarters

2010-05-29T22:01:00.000-07:00

PARIS: Pakistani tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his Indian teammate Rohan Bopanna cruised into the pre-quarter finals of French Open. They made their way into pre-quarter finals after defeating Italian Fabio Fognini and American Michael Russell in Paris. The Indo-Pak combination were dominant throughout the match and eventually they won both sets of the game by 6-2 and 6-3.

Threat to destroy Indian N-plant stopped attack on Kahuta

2010-05-29T21:57:00.000-07:00

Pakistan had warned India in the early 80s that an attack on nuclear assets in Kahuta would evoke a retaliatory strike on its Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Trombay.This has been revealed by the then Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal M. Anwar Shamim, in his book “Cutting Edge PAF” launched here on Thursday. According to Air Chief Marshal (retd) Shamim, he was called by the then president Gen Zia Ul haq in 1979 to discuss air defence of the nuclear assets in Kahuta. Gen Zia had reliable information that India was planning to attack and destroy Kahuta.

He says he told the president that Kahuta was an indefensible site because it was at three minutes flying time from the border. The reaction time was about eight minutes and by the time the PAF aircraft would reach the area the enemy would have completed the job and would be safe in their territory.

Gen Zia asked how could the most vital deterrent in the country’s armoury be defended and the answer was to acquire most modern aircraft and advanced weapons and the PAF would destroy India’s advanced nuclear facility at Trombay, if they embarked upon this rash course of action. We will inflict more damage to them than they can do to us”.

He says he told the president that the multi-role F-16 aircraft with the latest weapons were the best and most suited to meet PAF’s needs.He says that in 1981 the US administration offered F-5Es to be later augmented by F-5Gs, but Pakistan refused to accept any aircraft other than F-16s. This was finally accepted by the United States. Pakistan received the first batch of F-16 aircraft in January 1983, and he wrote a letter to the president about the task given to him.

“I am now in a position to confirm that Indians will not attack Kahuta because it is amply clear to them that we will retaliate and launch an attack on their atomic station in Trombay, and knowing that they will suffer much more devastation than us, will desist from taking any unwise action”.

Pakistan disappointed at Champions League exclusion

2010-05-29T21:48:00.000-07:00

The Pakistan board has expressed its disappointment at not having a domestic team invited to participate in the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa. This appears to be a u-turn on an earlier stance it had taken, when in the aftermath of the IPL snub to Pakistan players, Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, had ruled out the participation of any Pakistan team in the Champions League. That, says the chairman however, was not what he had said at the time.

"Those comments of mine were about the IPL and our participation in that event and not at all about the Champions League," Butt told Cricinfo. "I had said our players would not be in the IPL because of what had happened at the auction. I did not say that our domestic teams would not go to the Champions League. Why would I deprive them of that opportunity? My comments were misinterpreted."

Nevertheless, the confusion means that Sialkot Stallions, Pakistan's domestic Twenty20 champions five years running now, will again miss out on the most lucrative global club tournament in cricket. Sialkot, which won the RBS Twenty20 in March this year, could potentially include Pakistan players such as Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Asif, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Abdur Rehman and Abdul Razzaq. They were invited to take part in what would have been the inaugural Champions League at the end of 2008 but the terror attacks on Mumbai in November that year forced a postponement to 2009. By that time, relations between India and Pakistan having deteriorated, no team was invited from Pakistan.

"Nobody has invited us this year and that is disappointing," Butt said. "We asked them about it and we received no reply at all. We will take up this issue with the ICC. After all, why are we being discriminated against like this? Clubs from so many other countries are invited and our Sialkot side has done so well over the last few years."

What a bunch of clowns........

Millat facebook....

2010-05-29T05:15:00.000-07:00

Pakistanis outraged with Facebook over “blasphemous” caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed have created a spin-off networking site that they dream can connect the world's 1.6 billion Muslims. A group of six young IT professionals from Lahore, the cultural and entertainment capital of Pakistan, Launched www.millatfacebook.com on Tuesday for Muslims to interact online and protest against blasphemy.

The private venture came after a Pakistani court ordered a block on Facebook until May 31, following deep offence over an “Everyone Draw Mohammed Day” page considered “blasphemous” and “sacrilegious”.

“Millatfacebook is Pakistan's very own, first social networking site. A site for Muslims by Muslims where sweet people of other religions are also welcome,” the website tells people interested in signing up.

Peraonlly, i think the name could have been kept other than facebook....

70 percent of Pakistanis want permanent ban on Facebook: Poll

2010-05-26T05:06:00.000-07:00

KARACHI: A new poll has revealed that 70 percent people in Pakistan want a permanent ban on the social networking website Facebook, while another 15 percent support the Lahore High Court's order to ban the website till May 31.

According to the poll, the participants expressed their sheer anger on Facebook for displaying blasphemous drawings of Prophet Muhammad. In the first three days of the poll, which is still running, eight percent participants were of the opinion that a single URL ban was enough, while the remaining seven percent said they did not want ban on Facebook at all.

Shahid Afridi to lead in Asia Cup and England tour

2010-05-26T04:32:00.000-07:00

Shahid Afridi has been named Pakistan's Test and ODI captain ahead of a busy summer which takes in the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka and then six Tests, five ODIs, as well as four T20Is, in England against Australia and the hosts. Pakistan's board and selectors also opened the door on a possible return for Younis Khan and Shoaib Malik, two men only recently banned by the board for indiscipline. Another old hand at the indiscipline game, Shoaib Akhtar, has been called up in a 35-man list of probables, which will be culled down before the two events.
Probables: Salman Butt, Imran Farhat, Yasir Hameed, Khurram Manzoor, Shahzaib Hassan, Azhar Ali, Azeem Ghumman, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Faisal Iqbal, Fawad Alam, Hasan Raza, Asad Shafiq, Umar Amin, Aamer Sajjad, Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi (capt), Abdul Razzaq, Yasir Arafat, Umar Gul, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Sami, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Irfan, Tanvir Ahmed, Aizaz Cheema, Danish Kaneria, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Zulfiqar Babar, Kamran Akmal (wk), Zulqarnain Haider (wk)

Pakistan wins asian baseball!!

2010-05-26T04:27:00.000-07:00

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan won the 9th Asia Cup Baseball Championship by defeating Hong Kong 18-0 in the final here on Monday. Hong Kong, who are ranked 18th in the world, proved to be a wall of sand against Pakistan, ranked 31st in the world. Farooq, Asif, Iftikhar, Sumair, Zaheer and Imtiaz were the key scorers for Pakistan. After the final, Pakistan Federation Baseball (PFB) president Shaukat Javed announced that Pakistan would feature in the forthcoming Asian Games to be held in China in November this year.

Fix it

2010-05-25T04:45:00.000-07:00

Pakistan balls short on World Cup goals

2010-05-22T22:13:00.000-07:00

Twenty years ago, Faqeer Hussain took pride in his work, starry-eyed that the balls he hand-stitched in a grubby backroom in Pakistan were destined for the world's greatest players. Gracing the pitch of World Cups in glamorous Western cities, Hussain saw beyond the grind of his job and dreamed of the beautiful game, and the players he admired but could never hope to meet. A decade ago, 70 per cent of the world's soccer balls were made in the Pakistani town of Sialkot, but footballs that Hussain stitches from leather panels today will be offside at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Outrage in the West over child labour and the onset of machine-made balls mean that the five million balls suppliers are readying for South Africa will be for training and promotional uses only.

I used to take a lot of pride in stitching soccer balls, because the world's best players would play with it but now it's only my job,” said Hussain, 58. As with countless other industries built on labour in developing countries, workers like him are at the bottom of the food chain. He says he gets the equivalent of 80 cents a ball, sold for 10 dollars (840 rupees) to international retailers who in turn make four times the profit. Sialkot gained international celebrity status when it produced the “Tango” ball for the 1982 World Cup inSpain, kicking off a lucrative industry. The town now manufactures sports equipment sold all over the world. For years it has been a beacon of commercial success in Punjab, where unemployment runs high and the Taliban have stepped up recruitment from the morass of disaffected youth in the south of the province.

But recession exacerbated by instability from Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked suicide attacks in the country, a crippling power crisis and a preference for machine-made balls, have hit the football cottage industry. China is where Adidas chose to produce the 2010 World Cup ball -- the thermally bonded “Jabulani”, which means “celebrate” in Zulu and billed on the FIFA website as “the most stable and most accurate Adidas ball ever”. Demand is not even 20 per cent of what it used to be,” admits Zia-ur-Rehman, chairman of the Pakistan Sports Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PSGMEA). “We badly need government support. If it comes only then we would be able to keep the industry kicking,” he said.

London olympics mascot......What were they thinking?

2010-05-20T04:26:00.000-07:00

Moulded from steel left over from the last girder on the Olympic stadium, London's 2012 mascots are neither cuddly nor cute but organisers say the gleaming one-eyed metallic forms will strike a chord with children. As the covers were removed by two pupils in front of wide-eyed classmates and LOCOG chairman Sebastian Coe at an east London school a mere javelin throw from the heart of the Games, Wenlock and Mandeville were introduced to the world.

It was the culmination of an 18-month project to come up with an enduring image for the Games and a merchandising gimmick to keep the cash tills ringing as 2012 targets 16 millions ($22.80 million) in revenue from Games memorabilia.

Facebook, now you tube blocked in pakistan

2010-05-20T03:25:00.000-07:00

Pakistan has blocked the popular video sharing website YouTube in a bid to contain “blasphemous” material, officials said on Thursday. The blockade came hours after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) directed Internet service providers to stop access to social network Facebook indefinitely on Wednesday because of an online competition to draw the Prophet Mohammad.

Wahaj-us-Siraj, the CEO of Nayatel, an Internet service provider, said PTA issued an order late on Wednesday seeking an “immediate” blockade of YouTube. “It was a serious instruction as they wanted us to do it quickly and let them know after that,” he told Reuters.YouTube was also blocked in Pakistan in 2007 for about a day for what it called un-Islamic videos.

Interesting formation of clouds....

2010-05-18T21:53:00.000-07:00

'I am still heartbroken' - Ajmal

2010-05-18T21:35:00.000-07:00

Pakistan offspinner Saeed Ajmal has said the pain of losing the semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 to Australia still lingers, having bowled the last over which conceded the game. Pakistan were firm favourites with Australia needing 18 off the final over, but Michael Hussey bludgeoned Ajmal for three sixes and a four to hand his team a miraculous win, with a ball to spare.

"When Hussey hit the last six I was absolutely heartbroken, I am still heartbroken," Ajmal told PakPassion.net. "It was a very emotional and difficult time for me. My team-mates all came up to me and consoled me and told me not to worry, but I was very upset. The pain is there, when you lose a game of this magnitude it hurts really badly".

"All of the squad, from the players to the coaches to the backroom staff have said to me that I wasn't to blame for the defeat and they have all said that we played as a unit, we won matches as a unit and we all take responsibility as a unit for the defeat," Ajmal said. "There is no question of anyone pointing the finger at any individuals".

That Ajmal bowled the over was part of a plan, having succeeded in shutting South Africa out of the contest in their previous game. He said he wanted to fire in yorkers to keep Hussey in check, but things didn't go according to script.

"The first delivery was perfect, it was what I had planned, it was a perfect yorker to Mitchell Johnson and it only went for a single," he said. "However, then the wind seemed to pick up and I was bowling into the wind which made me lose my line and length. I dragged the next delivery down and instead of bowling yorkers into the blockhole for the remaining deliveries as I tried to fire the ball in at the batsman, the deliveries ended up being quick and became length deliveries, which was what Hussey was hoping for. He was then able to get the elevation on the deliveries, instead of having to dig them out".

Ajmal said the best way to shrug off the disappointment was to start bowling again. "The best way for me to get over this match is to start playing cricket again, get the ball in my hand and to start bowling again.

"Thankfully the Asia Cup is not far away and I am looking forward to playing in that tournament in Sri Lanka. I have faith in my ability and I am confident that I can bounce back after the match in St Lucia".

Tikka guy!!

2010-05-17T22:34:00.000-07:00

Found an interesting post about the chicken tikka guy. This is for all those guys who lived in kuwait during 80s....

The actor who played the “I like it spicy” character was Galal Zaki. He wasn’t an actor, he worked in the ad agency that came up with the idea. Like Alfred Hitchcock, Galal liked to star in his own work and that’s how he ended up becoming the Tikka guy. the picture below is of Galal Zaki which I found on Google and is dated 2007. Although a lot older now you can still see some resemblance.

Hitler just found out that pak lost in semifinal!

2010-05-16T22:28:00.000-07:00

Khan dominates Malignaggi in 11th round stoppage

2010-05-16T21:50:00.000-07:00

NEW YORK: Junior welterweight champion Amir Khan stopped former titleholder Paulie Malignaggi in the 11th round of a brutally efficient, one-sided fight Saturday to retain is WBA title. Using superior speed and crisp right hands, the former British Olympian made good on his promise to quiet the flamboyant Malignaggi, who was fighting just across the river from his home in Brooklyn.

Malignaggi's face was red and swollen from the middle rounds on, and he had to lobby the ringside doctor before the 11th round just to let him continue. Khan (23-1, 17 KOs) backed Malignaggi against the ropes and threw a series of unanswered blows before referee Steve Smoger finally stepped between them at 1:25 of the round. Malignaggi (27-4) didn't argue with the decision, tapping his chest and congratulating Khan on the victory.

''He knows how to win rounds, man,'' Malignaggi said. ''He has a lot of ability.''

The crowd of about 5,000 inside Madison Square Garden was just as revved up before the fight, when a contingent of fans in the middle of the arena stood up and began waving two British flags flanking a Pakistani flag.

No shame in St Lucia

2010-05-16T21:47:00.000-07:00

Pakistan went out of the Twenty20 World Cup with their heads held high. Until the very last over they had confounded all expectations and had the match in their grasp. But an incredible finish from Michael Hussey stole one of the most incredible matches in Twenty20 history.

The cut and thrust of this format is such that a match can be won or lost within moments, and so it transpired. Australia are an immensely powerful team and it is to Pakistan's credit that they pushed them so close.

Pakistan fans should feel proud of the way their players applied themselves. There is no shame in this defeat, or in this valiant defence of their title. In some ways, it would have been undesirable for another World Cup victory to paper over the failings of the PCB or of squad selection. Shahid Afridi and Waqar Younis have produced a decent outcome from the shambles they inherited.

Defeat can divide but sometimes it can be a platform to build upon. That's how Pakistan must view this day. Fortune helped them to another semi-final, and the semi-final gave them a glimpse of a better future.

With the right management of Pakistan cricket, the team can become a serious force. But that requires a major overhaul of the PCB - and that's a longer shot than Hussey scoring 18 off a Saeed Ajmal over.

singh is king!

2010-05-16T21:41:00.000-07:00

About a century or two ago, the Pope decided that all the Sikhs had to leave Italy. Naturally there was a big uproar from the Sikh community. So the Pope made a deal. He would have a religious debate with a member of the Sikh community. If the Sikh won, the Sikhs could stay. If the Pope won, the Sikhs would leave.

The Sikhs realized that they had no choice. So they picked a middle-aged man named Harbinder Singh to represent them. Harbinder asked for one additional condition to the debate. To make it more interesting, neither side would be allowed to talk.

The Pope agreed.

The day of the great debate came. Harbinder Singh and the Pope sat opposite each other for a full minute. Then the Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers.
Harbinder looked back at him and raised one finger. The Pope waved his fingers in a circle around his head. Harbinder pointed to the ground where he sat.
The Pope pulled out a wafer and a glass of wine. Harbinder pulled out an apple.
The Pope stood up and said, "I give up. This man is too good. The Sikhs can stay.

An hour later, the cardinals were gathered around the Pope asking him what had happened. The Pope said, "First I held up three fingers to represent the holy trinity; he responded by holding up one finger to remind me that there was still One God common to both our religions. Then, I waved my finger around me to show him that God was all around us. He responded by pointing to the ground and showing that God was also right here with us. Then, I pulled out the wine and wafer to show that God absolves us from our sins. He pulled out an apple to remind me of original sin. He had an answer for everything. What could I do?"

Meanwhile, the Sikh community had crowded around Harbinder Singh.
"What happened?" they asked. "Well," said Harbinder, "First he said to me that the Sikhs had three days to get out of here. I told him that not one of us was leaving. Then he told me that this whole city would be cleared of Sikhs. I let him know that we were staying right here." "Yes, and then???" asked the crowd.
"I don't know", said Harbinder, "He took out his lunch, and I took out mine!!

Pakistan coach Waqar lauds “amazing” Hussey

2010-05-15T22:33:00.000-07:00

Pakistan coach Waqar Younis refused to blame his side after they were on the receiving end of an astonishing Australia fightback in Friday’s Twenty20 World Cup semi-final in St Lucia. Australia needed an unlikely 53 to win from 21 balls but Michael Hussey turned the game on its head with a breathtaking 60 not out in just 24 balls, including three sixes and a four in successive balls in the last over. I can’t really blame anyone. I thought we bowled pretty well and batted outstandingly,” Waqar told reporters after his team’s three-wicket defeat. “I still can’t believe it. All you can do is just smile about it. You can only try your best. I thought we did our best. What else can you do?

It was an unbelievable innings (by Hussey), you don’t see many like that around. The way he maneouvered the ball was excellent ... the way he struck it was just amazing,” said the former Pakistan paceman. Waqar said Cameron White’s 43 in 31 balls set the tone for the opposition’s successful run-chase after Pakistan had totalled a mighty 191 for six. The Australians were too good for us today,” he said. “I don’t think we went wrong anywhere, we did a good job but you’ve just got to give credit to the Australians for the way they batted. They kept the momentum with them all the way especially Cameron White’s innings ... then Hussey did the real damage. It’s hard to beat them when they’ve still got (good) batters coming in at number nine. They can maybe improve a little bit in their bowling but they are a very fine batting side. Waqar attached no blame to spinner Saeed Ajmal, who bowled the last over, or on skipper Shahid Afridi who handed him the ball. Saeed Ajmal bowled superbly in the last game we played but what can you do when someone is batting like that?” said the coach. Saeed Ajmal has been our best bowler in this entire tournament, and in the last couple of years. You cannot really blame him. Waqar expects a classic final when Australia take on England in Barbados on Sunday. It’s going to be a very good game,” he said. “We’ve seen a great game here and I’m looking forward to another thriller in the final. They are both playing really well. England are on top of their form.

It’s just a matter of holding your nerves in the final. But the way Australia played today, they are very dangerous,” added Waqar.

Khan hopes to make name for himself in America

2010-05-15T22:22:00.000-07:00

Like so many boxers before him, Amir Khan has arrived in the United States seeking the twin pillars of success: fame and fortune. The junior welterweight champion from Britain is armed with a charming personality, natural charisma, 24-karat smile and an almost unparalleled ability to throw a stiff right cross. Yet none of that matters here, at least not yet. Because even though Khan is well known in Europe, where he's fought his entire career, he is starting all over in America. His fight Saturday night on HBO against Paulie Malignaggi would have filled the biggest arenas in London, but only about 7,000 fans will squeeze into the small theater at Madison Square Garden to see him defend his title.

The 23-year-old former Olympian also knows it won't be easy. That much became clear when it took several weeks and a trip to Canada just to get the paperwork to fight in the US. He'd been preparing with trainer Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles under a tourist visa, but his application for one that would have allowed him to work was ensnared in red tape. Khan went to the British consulate in Vancouver, British Columbia, to expedite the process, but he was constantly stonewalled by the Department of Homeland Security. “I knew he was going to get it, I just didn't know when,” Roach said of the visa. Neither did his promoters, nor the executives at HBO, who grew more nervous as the days melted away. It reached the point where the fight was only a day or two from being called off. Then the news came Friday that Khan's work visa had been approved, without any reason given for the delay. He assumes it had something to do with his Pakistani heritage — his grandparents migrated from the Punjab province to England in the 1950’s — and the investigation linking the Pakistani Taliban to the recent failed Times Square bombing.

Samsung earphones!

2010-05-15T22:19:00.000-07:00