Eng v Pak, 1st Test,
Pakistan secure gripping 75-run victory
Pakistan took a 1-0 lead in the series after beating England by 75 runs
at Lord's. That is the simple version but there were multitudes
contained within as Misbah-ul-Haq's irrepressible side took the ten
wickets they required for victory on the fourth day, four of them going
to the talismanic Yasir Shah on the way to match figures of 10 for 141 in his first Test match outside of Asia.
Set 283 to win - a target only one side had previously achieved on the
ground - after dismissing Pakistan inside the first ten minutes of the
morning session, England's batsmen struggled to build partnerships. Only
when Jonny Bairstow and Chris Woakes
were putting together a stand of 56 over 31.4 gruelling overs did
Misbah have to seriously ponder where a wicket was coming from.
The breakthrough came from Yasir, although there was little sleight of
hand about a long hop that Bairstow simply missed attempting to swat
through the leg side. His distraught reaction, head bowed over his bat
as the Pakistan players celebrated around him, provided an illustration
of England's disappointment at losing a match in which they always
slightly behind but refused to abandon as beyond their powers of
recovery.
Yasir's tenth wicket practically sparked a playground bundle as Woakes
was taken at slip trying to hit out with the No. 10, Steven Finn, for
company and 79 still required. Mohammad Amir rattled Jake Ball's stumps
an over later to put the final seal on an emotional comeback six years
after his previous Test appearance.
This was a gripping encounter, fought in excellent spirit and holding
the attention of a packed crowd throughout. A sizeable contingent of
Pakistan supporters cheered every wicket as their side pushed for a
first Test triumph at Lord's since Waqar Younis and Mushtaq Ahmed's
exploits in 1996.
When the whole team lined up afterwards to do a series of push-up in
front of the pavilion - a salute to the military fitness camp undergone
by the players before the tour - the whole ground was in raptures.
England may have been primed to the threat posed by Yasir and Amir but it was Rahat Ali
who gave Pakistan the early advantage. England lost their top three in
little more than an hour of batting and although the rejigged middle
order that had been considered a weakness resisted admirably there was
too much left for them to do against a constantly probing attack.
Yet while Bairstow remained in the company of Woakes - a man with nine
first-class centuries, not to mention 11 wickets in the match - England
could imagine that the improbable was still possible. With the bowling
tight and scoring opportunities scarce, the seventh-wicket pair resolved
to soak up the pressure and fight for every inch.
Nothing seemed to be happening in the middle, yet at the same time,
everything was happening. Wahab Riaz threw himself into a five-over
spell after tea that yielded 0 for 8 but saw the ball repeatedly swerve
late past the outside edge. Both batsmen edged short of catchers in the
cordon - Woakes a matter of millimetres in front of Asad Shafiq at third
slip - and Wahab ended up lying in the dust as he strained for a
breakthrough. He was also warned twice by the umpires for running on the
pitch.
At the other end, rewards were not as readily forthcoming for Yasir as
had been expected after his first-innings six-for. There was turn - as
Gary Ballance discovered when being bowled behind his legs after making a
dogged 43 - but the pitch was placid enough for Woakes and Bairstow to
survive as long as they eschewed risk. When Yasir won an lbw decision
from Joel Wilson against Woakes, the batsman confidently reviewed in the
knowledge that his bat had intervened first.
England had initially recovered through a 49-run partnership between
Ballance and James Vince, who made his best Test score before being
dismissed by Wahab, flinging his hands at a drive shortly after lunch.
Wahab had begun to make the ball reverse away down the slope and a thick
edge flew to Younis Khan at second slip, who this time held on to the
catch at the second attempt, having unsuccessfully juggled a much
tougher chance with Vince on 9.
Ballance, in the second innings of his comeback Test, seemed to grow in
confidence, totting up runs with nudges and nurdles. He was vulnerable
to Wahab's probing outside off stump but generally played the ball
softly and late, other than when slashing a four over the slips. He and
Bairstow added another 39 runs in 13 overs of careful batting when
Yasir, having changed to bowling from the Nursery End, struck for the
first time.
The man identified as Pakistan's likeliest match-winner had to wait
until his 13th over but, for aficionados of legspin, it was undoubtedly
worth it. Ballance had just pulled a sharply turning delivery through
square leg for his sixth boundary; the next ball was a little fuller,
spun a little harder down the slope and darted like a swallow past
Ballance's attempted flick to hit leg stump. If the shot was
questionable, the overall effect was reminiscent Shane Warne's dismissal
of Andrew Strauss at Edgbaston in 2005.
Moeen Ali did not last long, waltzing out of his ground and aiming a
heave across the line at Yasir, only for the ball to spin between bat
and pad to hit the top of middle. At 139 for 6, England were still less
than halfway to their target; Pakistan were more than halfway to theirs.
After the third day's play, Pakistan's coach Mickey Arthur was hoping
his side could "sneak another 19-20" more runs. They managed just a
single from Amir as England took the last two wickets in 13 balls,
though that was enough to push the requirement up above the 282 achieved
by Michael Vaughan's side against New Zealand in 2004. Stuart Broad picked up both, Yasir and Amir caught behind, to become the third England bowler to pass 350 Test wickets.
Adrenaline coursed through initial stages of England's assault. Cook
chopped the opening delivery for four through point as England raced to
19 for 0 from three overs before hitting their first speed bump: Rahat
found his line and the tiniest contact with Cook's outside edge, a kiss
goodbye for the England captain who turned away ruefully as Kumar
Dharmasena's finger went up.
Rahat bagged and tagged the next two as well. Alex Hales attempted to
force a cut, a thick top edge flying quickly to be well held by Mohammad
Hafeez at first slip; then a misbegotten pull from Joe Root sent a top
edge out to the grateful Yasir, jogging to his right to take the catch
some 20 yards in from the boundary at deep square leg. It was just one
of a multitude of joyous individual and collective moments for Pakistan
on a ground where they experienced such pain when the spot-fixing
scandal erupted six years ago. They have fresh memories now.
Pakistan Cricket News
Yasir's ten-for seals thrilling Pakistan win
Pakistan 339 (Misbah 114, Shafiq 73, Woakes 6-70) and 215 (Shafiq 49, Sarfraz 45, Woakes 5-32) beat England 272 (Cook 81, Yasir 6-72) and 207 (Bairstow 48, Yasir 4-69, Rahat 3-47) by 75 runs
Pakistan News 7/16/2016
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Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch murdered by brother in Multan
Social media celebrity from Pakistan Qandeel Baloch or Fouzia Aneem was murdered by her brother on Saturday, reported Express Tribune.
Reportedly, Baloch was stangled to death at her house in Multan but the reason for this crime is still unknown. However, Pakistani media has termed it as an incident of ‘honor killing’.
Her brother fled the crime scene after the incident.
Pakistanis appalled at US Congressmen's views, says Rabbani
SLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Thursday said the people of Pakistan are appalled at the views expressed by certain American law makers in the US Congress regarding Pakistan.
“This seems to have become an unfortunate pattern of blaming Pakistan for the mistakes made by US policy makers on Afghanistan and elsewhere in the Muslim world, which the recent Chilcot inquiry revealed,” Rabbani said in a statement.
Rabbani was responding to a US congressional panel which has demanded cutting off all US assistance to Pakistan to persuade Islamabad to act against the Afghan Taliban groups allegedly using its territory to launch operations into Afghanistan.
The Senate chairman alleged that such sentiments also demonstrate a marked lack of respect and recognition of the tremendous contribution made by the Pakistani people and the armed forces in its fight against terrorism.
“Given this context, it is not surprising that the people of Pakistan are now forced to ask the question whether they are dealing with friends or foes in the American congress,” Rabbani said.
He said that such statements from some of the US lawmakers are "a case of the pot calling kettle black, given their deplorable track record of double standards on areas such as human rights".
“Their conspicuous silence on the killings of unarmed civilians in Kashmir, the treatment being meted out to African-American in their own country and the effort to impose India on the NSG in violation of all norms of nuclear non-proliferation reflect this,” the chairman senate remarked.
Rabbani hoped that saner elements in US Congress will respond to such statements.
Vicious criticism by US Congress panel
A US congressional panel had demanded cutting off all US assistance to Pakistan to persuade Islamabad to act against the Afghan Taliban groups allegedly using its territory to launch operations into Afghanistan, a move that Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz said was motivated by “baseless concerns” of “a section of US lawmakers”.
Some US lawmakers and witnesses also suggested declaring Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism and imposing economic sanctions if Islamabad did not eliminate the alleged terrorist safe havens on its territory.
The Tuesday afternoon hearing — “Pakistan: Friend or foe?” — produced more heat than expected and at some points it came close to challenging the country’s very existence as a sovereign state.
More than once Pakistan was called manipulative and accused of treating the United States like chumps.
“They are making chumps out of us. They see us we are being so stupid. It seems like paying the mafia,” said Congressman Matt Salmon, Chairman of the Asia and Pacific Subcommittee of House Foreign Affairs Committee.
“If I may use an undiplomatic term, we have been patsies,” said former US ambassador to Kabul, Baghdad and the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad.
Khalilzad, who is an ethnic Afghan, claimed that Pakistani leaders had gamed the American system for decades.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has strongly condemned the attempt to undermine democracy by a failed coup in the brotherly country of Turkey.
In a statement he admired the resolve of the brave and resilient Turkish people, who stood up against the forces of darkness and anarchy to express their support and commitment to democracy.
He expressed complete support and solidarity with President Erdogan, the democratically elected government of Turkey and the democratic institutions of Turkey.
He said Pakistan reaffirms its abiding interest in a democratic, peaceful and stable Turkey.
The Prime Minister said we wish to convey our prayers and good wishes for President Erdogan’s well-being and welfare of the people of Turkey as well as the unity of the Islamic Ummah.
He said Pakistan highly values its strong and historic ties with Turkey.
Pakistan deeply appreciates President Erdogan’s steadfast support as also the support of the people of Turkey to Pakistan on all occasions, whenever the need arose.
He reaffirmed full support of the Government and people of Pakistan to the elected Leadership and Government and the people of Turkey.
Map of Pakistan
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top ten places in Islamabad capital of Pakistan highlighted in the map of Pakistan
1. Faisal mosque
in the map of Pakistan the best place Let’s start with the most iconic place in Islamabad, Faisal Mosque. Situated at the foot of the Margalla Hills and on an elevated area, this beautiful mosque is the largest one in Pakistan.
2. Monal
the second best place in the map of pakistan in islamabad
This is one of the very few posh restaurants in the world that’s located on such a high altitude. Monal a great place to go with family or friends and enjoy the refreshing view of Islambad.
3. Daman-e-koh
the Third best place in the map of pakistan in islamabad
Located between the Margalla Hills at an elevation below Monal, Daman-e-Koh is famous for its lush green parks with hotels and many refreshing points.
4. Saidpur village
the 4th best place in the map of pakistan in islamabad
Ever wonder what the lifestyle in a Pakistani village is like? With its great ambiance, Saidpur Village is a great place for those that like to dine in a traditional environment.
5. Pakistan monument
the 5th best place in the map of pakistan in islamabad
This national monument represents Pakistan’s four provinces and three territories. The four main petals of the monument represent the four provinces and the three smaller petals represent the territories. The beautifully carved petals have been designed to reflect the culture and civilizations that have existed in Pakistan.
6. Rawal Lake
the 6th best place in the map of pakistan in islamabad
Rawal Lake is an artificial reservoir that provides the water needs for Rawalpindi and Islamabad. It’s also a famous tourist destination with activities such as boating, sailing, water skating and diving.
7. Lake View Park
This wildlife park is right next to Rawal dam. The park ends at the lake, hence, the name “Lake View Park.”
the 7th best place in the map of pakistan in islamabad
8. Lok Virsa Museum
the 8th best place in the map of pakistan in islamabad
The finest cultural museum in Pakistan, Lok Virsa displays the cultural heritage of Pakistanis. The living style of the different areas of Pakistan is exhibited here in statues, pottery, textile work and etc. Even all the architecture surrounding the museum is illustrative of the old building styles in Pakistan.
9. Melody Food Street
the 9th best place in the map of pakistan in islamabad
For those who love eating, this food street is your go to spot.
10. Margala Hills
the 10th best place in the map of pakistan in islamabad
Also called the Margalla Mountain Range, Margalla is a hill range that’s part of the lesser Himalayas located north of Islamabad, Pakistan. For those that enjoy hiking, this is a must go spot because of the phenomenal views of the city.
Top 5 Best Natural Places to Visit in Pakistan
1. Neelum Valley
Neelam Valley is a 144 km long bow-shaped valley in Azad Kashmir Region. The Valley is situated at the North & North-East of Muzaffarabad (The Capital of Azad Kashmir). Running through the Lesser Himalaya, the Neelam River valley has excellent scenic beauty, panoramic views, towering hills on both sides of the noisy Neelum river, lush green forests, enchanting streams and attractive surroundings make the valley a dream come true.
Neelum valley is one of most attractive place for tourists due to its famous lush greenery, springs, streams,lakes and hilly and sloppy mountains. Some of its famous places like Athmuqam, Kutton Jagran, Karen, Neelum, Ratti Galli, Baboon, Noori top, Sharda, Sharda Fort, Sharda University (The Oldest University of Sub-Continent) Kel, Surgon, Halmet, Taobut and many more.
2. Hunza Valley
The Hunza Valley is a mountainous valley in the Gilgit–Baltistan region , It was formerly a princely state. The Hunza valley is situated north/west of the Hunza River, at an elevation of around 2,500 metres. The Valley has three Regions – Upper Hunza (Gojal); Center Hunza and Lower Hunza.
Hunza valley is the most beautiful place to visit and have many places to see. Some of these beautiful places are. Rakaposhi Base Camp; Diran Base Camp; Hoper Glacier; Passue and Gulmit; Khunjrab Pass; Atta Abad lake and Nagar valley.
3. Swat Valley
Swat is a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It is the upper valley of the Swat River, which rises in the Hindu Kush range.
Swat Valley, Mini Switzerland of Pakistan has many attraction for visiting such as Mahodand Valley & Lake, Natural Ushu Valley & Ushu Forest, Malam Jabba (Famous ski resort in Swat Valley), Madyan, Swat & Kalam Vallies, Bonir, Der and many other naturaly beautiful sites.
4. Kalash Valley
Kalash Valley is one of the major tourist attractions in Pakistan. This is situated in the Chitral district of Pakistan. This valley has a historic background but its history has controversies. Kelash is actually a very old Greek civilization. The people belonging to this civilization are called ‘The Kelash’. Belongs to old tribes and have their own religion and culture. This valley has a unique and amazing culture. The People here live in small villages which they built on the hill sides. These villages are at the banks of the streams and rivers. People construct their homes with rough shaped logs. People of Kalash are cheerful, they celebrates many festivals like Uchal Festival, Phoo Festival and Chomos Festival. There are many attractive sites for visiting.
5. Kaghan Valley
The Kaghan Valley is a beautiful valley in the north-east of Mansehra District . It attracts many tourists from not only Pakistan but also from the whole world. Laying in lower Himalayan mountains range, the Kaghan valley, famous for its bewitching splendor and natural beauty, is one of the most charming tourist resorts in scenic Hazara division. There are many beautiful and attractive spots like Shogran, Jared, Naran,Lake Saiful Muluk, Lake Dudipat Sar, Lake Lulu Sar, Babusar Pass and much more to do.
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