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• The Farewell Post
  on Nov 28, 2016 in blog Blogger farewell Goodbye love Website Writer
  This will be the 1000th post on the blog, something that otherwise would have been a happy post about achievements but sadly, not the case, it will be the last. Only I can tell how sad I feel while writing this post but in my heart, I know that...
• Dream of Pakistan's Cap (Part 12)
  on Nov 24, 2016 in Ahmedis in Pakistan Clubs Cricket Human Rights Minorities Pakistan Terrorism
  Initially, studies did get in the way. Though Faisal's first breakthrough came in 2004, when he played for Bahawalpur's U-19 team in an inter-district tournament, he soon went back to studying for a master's degree at Rabwah's School of Theology. It...
• Dream of Pakistan's Cap (Part 1)
  on Sep 4, 2016 in Ahmedis in Pakistan Clubs Cricket Human Rights Minorities Pakistan Terrorism
  Faisal bin Mubashir thought he could make it. On January 4, 2014, he thought he could pull through to a double-century. "The season was going very well, but I had [been getting out in] the nervous 90s," he recalls as we chat at the ground of the club...
• Pakistan's Road to World Number 1
  on Aug 30, 2016 in bcci Cricket ICC India love Pakistan PCB Proud pakistani Sports Test Rankings
  Dubai, Oct 22-26, 2014: After a 2-0 defeat in Sri Lanka, Pakistan returned to the UAE to face Australia. Tons for Sarfraz Ahmed and Ahmed Shehzad - and twin tons for Younis Khan - were buttressed by heaps of wickets to the spinners as Pakistan m...
• Summit in Six Years
  on Aug 26, 2016
  Written by: Misbah ul HaqI started the journey as Pakistan captain in quite a dramatic fashion and the knowledge that today we are the number one team sounds very dramatic, too. It is an unbelievable feeling to know that in six years we have rea...
• To London, with Love (Part 4)
  on Aug 22, 2016 in Attractions in London Exploring London Festivals of London London London Life London Universities Peoples of London Pubs in London Quotes about London Visiting London
  When summer falls,there is this serenity in the air, as if time has stopped for a while. Mornings are beautiful anyways, but there is something about the summer morning of London that cannot be explained. It is peaceful yet haphazard. It is quiet yet...
• The Story of Younis Khan (Part-12)
  on Aug 18, 2016
  Seventeen months later, Younis ended the fourth day of a Test against Sri Lanka unbeaten on 306. He became only the third Pakistani triple-centurion, a landmark that had eluded Miandad. Actually it was not elusiveness as much as denial; Imran Khan fa...
• To London, with Love (Part 3)
  on Aug 14, 2016 in Attractions in London Exploring London Festivals of London London London Life London Universities Peoples of London Pubs in London Quotes about London Visiting London
  London is like a cold dark dreams sometimes, for me it has been a dream come true, a dream I never want to wake up from.This city and its people have given me so much. So much in every way possible and every way imaginable without even k.London and i...
• The Story of Younis Khan (Part-11)
  on Aug 10, 2016
  Why fight? As we drove along to a hospital in Karachi where he was due to make an appearance, I asked this of Younis. He was sitting, I couldn't help but think, in stiff defiance of the space offered in the back seat of my Suzuki Liana, squeezed awkw...
• To London, with Love (Part 2)
  on Aug 6, 2016 in Attractions in London Exploring London Festivals of London London London Life London Universities Peoples of London Pubs in London Quotes about London Visiting London
  A bad day in London is still better than a good day anywhere else. There is so much to love about this place and the people.Waking up to a beautiful morning and doing the traditional breakfast. Going out and top-uping your oyster card, then walking a...
• The Story of Younis Khan (Part-10)
  on Aug 2, 2016
  A superficial study will confirm that Younis stands among the best partnership-builders ever. He has been involved in 63 century stands, putting him joint-ninth on the all-time list. Since he became a permanent presence, he has been involved in 51 ou...
• To London, with Love (Part 1)
  on Jul 28, 2016 in Attractions in London Exploring London Festivals of London London London Life London Universities Peoples of London Pubs in London Quotes about London Visiting London
  'Welcome to London', the security guard said the moment I was about to step out of Heathrow Airport.'You will fall in love with this city', he kept on talking while I just kept on looking here and there trying to absorb the fact that I was finally in...
• The Story of Younis Khan (Part-9)
  on Jul 26, 2016
  He learnt. He read. He took coaching courses. He started watching videos of his batting. He sought out other players, like Rahul Dravid, who urged him to expand his mind and keep the sport in one corner of it, quarantined from the rest. He sought opp...
• How much you mean to me.
  on Jul 23, 2016 in chocolate die in your arms free verse get old with you how much you mean to me I love you I wanna die in your arms love poem poetry you mean so much
  My love I want to tell you,how much u mean to me.you're like a chocolate,wrapped in a candy,that tells how you're sweet.Caring as YOU are, I feel im cared,No worries and No sorrows.I feel like im flying,for your wings, i did borrow.You showed me life...
• The Story of Younis Khan (Part-8)
  on Jul 20, 2016
  The career of Younis Khan is really the story of how to survive as a batsman in Pakistan. The rate of non-survival has little to do with batsmen. If we can equate a rare batting talent with an exceptional piece of music, then think of Pakistan cricke...
• Are We Wise Enough?
  on Jul 17, 2016 in Buddhism experience learning Lesson Morning Pakistan story University wisdom
  Written By: Tanzeela AhmedOne fine day, when I was getting ready for university, my three years old niece, Mahnoor was keenly observing me and then she patted my leg with her tiny hand to seize my attention.I gazed at her and then she whispered...Phu...
• The Story of Younis Khan (Part-7)
  on Jul 14, 2016
  Back at Malir, Mirza also believed that a batsman is only a batsman if he can bat in any position, in any situation, against any bowler. He pushed Younis around the order; if he made a hundred at No. 3, he would move him to No. 6 in the next game. In...
• Classifications of Machine Design
  on Jul 10, 2016 in Adaptive Design CAD design Classifications of Machine Design Development Design Machine Design New Design Rational Design System Design
  There are different classifications for Machine Design.Machine design is the process of engineering design. A machine is made up of mechanisms that work together to satisfy the requirements of what the machine needs to accomplish. The machine design...
• The Story of Younis Khan (Part-6)
  on Jun 29, 2016
  The answer to a lot else is Malir Gymkhana, an old, established club that has given Karachi some of its finest cricketers, including Taslim Arif, Saeed Anwar, Latif, and a host of first-class champions. It used to be more than just a club, serving as...
• Famous Greek Theater and Dramatics.
  on Jun 26, 2016 in Aeschylus Ancient Greece Theatre Aristophanes Euripides Famous Greek Play Writers Greece Greek Dramatics Sophocles Types of Ancient Greek Plays
  The ancient Greeks loved live theater. Every town had at least one open air theater. These theaters attracted crowds of 15,000 people per performance. Each town bragged about how wonderful their plays were and how marvelous their actors were. The Gre...