World Cup 2011 matches cancelled....CRAP!!

Just heard that the Cricket World Cup matches due to be held in Pakistan in 2011 will not be played in Pakistan. The ICC has announced at a press conference in Dubai that due to the present security concerns about Pakistan, no World Cup matches will be played.

This has come following a decision last year deciding not to play the Champions Cup 2008 in Pakistan. Also, I have been hearing that the 2nd South Asian Swimming Championship, in which I was supposed to participate, has been cancelled. It was supposed to be held in August 2009.

Following the ICC's decision, public feeling has that been of resentment. Also, people like Nasim akhtar (former Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board) and Ramiz Raja (former skipper of the national cricket team) have said that the ICC rushed its decision. The populace feels the same.

I believe that, what the people fail to realize is that Pakistan is seen internationally as a volatile tionderbox ready to catch fire at any point. It is obvious that despite assuring "foolproof plans" to ensure the security of the Sri Lankan cricket and them having them ambushed in the heart of lahore, NO sane cricket-playing nation will send its team to play within our borders. Until we actually improve the situation in this godforsakens hitpile e call a nation, we can be rest assured of being deprived of international teams and delegates visiting us. Instead of making false promises (like Zardari did today in Japan at the Friends of Pakistan conference) we need to be truly committed to actually doing something. Only then will we actualy do something.

Shame..

Shame can come in many forms...But right now its come to visit Pakistan in the form of the horrible terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team. Right now, our country has been humiliated internationally, tensions with arch enemy India are rising and the stock exchange is down. There remains a threat of another flight of capital like after the Mariott bombings last year. Besides the six police officers, a driver of a vehicle in the convoy was also killed. Seven Sri Lankan players, a Pakistani umpire and a coach from Britain were wounded, none with life-threatening injuries. As usual, our governement has floundered about, trying to blame India, various militant factions and different people within itself.



Now for my opinion:

To the:

Freaks in our government: SCREW YOU!!! Why don't you actually DO something instead of just pointing fingers, arresting people absolutely uninvolved in any crime and talking about "non-state actors" in every media interview [thank you "President" Zardari].

Militant groups: SCREW YOU TOO!!! The majority of the Pakistani population never wanted to be in the war on terror. So, go attack, bomb and rape Musharraf, Bush and all the other gay, crusty old men who dragged us into it. And while you're at it, why don't you try picking up a translation of the Holy Qura'an and try actually following the true principles of Islam. Huh??How 'bout that??

A few years ago, when General Musharraf took over in a counter-coup, many of the intelligensia breathed sighs of relief and hoped that he was not ct from the same cloth as the previous militiary dictators like General Yahya Khan [stupid drunk who fell to the hims of Bhutto and gave away East Pakistan], General Zia-ul-Haq [had a penchant for actresses and a ludicrous mustache]. Musharraf quickly settled the economy, set the country moving forward and liberalized it. (He also had a curious habitt of shutting away people in secret jails). Anyway, he was a progressive dude.

Meanwhile, the present government has bungled up the economy, gave away Swat to the militants and has started to turn Punjab into a battlefield. Thank you, Zardari.

Anyway, we really need some rulers who actually know how to run the country and havn't flunked their classes at the Naval Cadet College of Petaro like "President" Zardari.