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Cricket - Pakistani Cricketers On Social-Networking Sites

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Do you love Cricket? And the cricketers, who serve their best for their countries? Are you mad about your favorite cricketer? Want to know what are they doing in their personnel life? Finally, Do you bleed Green? If your answer is YES, then here's what I got for you ! Follow them on  Twitter , you may be wondering why not Facebook? The answer is, as you know a lot of people can make FAKE accounts on Facebook and pretend to be a celebrity, but that's not the case on twitter ! Check-and-balance on twitter is much better than that on Facebook and also twitter is much easier and comprehensive to use ! How to Sign-up for Twitter? You don't have any account on twitter? Want to sign-up on twitter? Signing-up for twitter is easier than you think, Simply click here . Enter your details and Sign-up ! Easy ! Pakistani Cricketers on Twitter After you are done with the signing-up, here's where you can Follow your favorite Pakistani cricketers! Ahmed Shehzad: @IamA

Politics - Imran's Tsunami Fails, Nawaz Wins

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PML(N) head waves his supporters after claiming a clear victory in Pakistan's General Elections 2013. Nawaz Sharif declared victory for his party in Pakistan’s landmark elections on Saturday, putting him on course to form the next government as prime minister for a historic third term. The partial, unofficial results represented a remarkable comeback for a man deposed in a 1999 military coup, after nearly 60 percent of the 86 million electorate turned out to vote, defying polling day attacks that left 24 dead. The party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, of his main political rival Imran Khan conceded defeat but vows to form Government in Khyber Pakhtunkhuwah where his party is in majority. The historic polls mark the first time an elected civilian administration completed a full term and handed power to another through the ballot box in a country where there have been three military coups and four military rulers.   Toppled in a 1999 coup, jailed and exiled, Nawaz Shar

Cricket - Statical Analysis Of Champions Trophy

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England's ODI Captain Alaistar Cook with ICC Champions Trophy 2013. Champions Trophy, previously called the ICC Knock-Out Cup, will be held in England and Wales between 6 and 23 June, 2013. Three cities will host the tournament's matches: London (at The Oval), Birmingham (at Edgbaston) and Cardiff (at Cardiff Wales Stadium). Champions Trophy was first played as Wills International Cup in 1998/99 which was won by South Africa. It will be the seventh and final ICC Champions Trophy, as it is due to be replaced by the ICC World Test Championship in 2017. With Champions Trophy coming nearer and nearer, let us take a look at some of the Records/Stats of the previous Champions Trophies.   Winners: South Africa won the inaugural tournament of 1998/99 beating West Indies. ICC Knock-Out Cup in 2000 was won by New Zealand when they knocked-out India in the final. Sri Lanka and India shared the Champions Trophy in 2002 as rain disturbed play on the day of the

Stones Left Unturned by Pakistan Cricket Team

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Pakistan started its cricket back in October 1952 when a team led by Abdul Hafeez Kardar faced India in their first test at Delhi. Since then, Pakistan has made a name for themselves in world cricket and have won all of the major ICC trophies which include the 50-over World Cup under Imran Khan in 1992, 20-over World Cup under Younis Khan in 2009 and most recently, the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017 under the leadership of Sarfraz Ahmed. Members of the Pakistan's first Cricket team. This team has also performed well in regional tournaments such as winning the Asia Cup in 2000 and 2012 and the Asian Test Championship in 1998/99. Despite the PCB's jersey sworn with star-badges of every major trophy, there are some hills that are yet to be conquered by the 'Men in Green' discussed below: Test Series Win in Australia Australia has been an uncharted territory for Pakistan in Test cricket where they have won only four of their thirty-five test matche

Politics - Women Candidates Contesting General Elections On Party Tickets

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 Pakistan's population has nearly 50% of women. But 'Women and Politics' is not a hot topic to discuss in Pakistan. With Elections a few days away, Let me take a look on political parties who have granted General Elections' Ticket to respective Women candidates. Pakistan's National Assembly  Overview: In Elections 2013, Political parties in Pakistan awarded 36 tickets collectively to Women out of 272 available, which was 34 in 2008 and 38 in 2002. Religious Political Parties: No Women. This is what Religious political parties in Pakistan believe. Jamiat-e-Ulma-e-Islam (Fazlur Rehman Group) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), parties considered as Religious or Islamic, have never given any ticket to women in history and they followed that, this time around too. Pakistan People's Party (PPP):  Moving to the previous ruling party PPP, which fielded 11 women this elections. Previously fielded 15 and 10 in the 2008 and 2002 elections respectivel