Pakistani Blogs

Adil Najam It is the Pakistani cricketers who are supposed to be erratic and unpredictable, disappointing one day and enthralling the next. But this time the Pakistan hockey team seems to be following a similar path at the 2010 Hockey World Cup now underway in India. On the opening day of the tournament, Pakistan had lost decisively [...]

Hockey is the national sport of Pakistan. Over the years the popularity of this once thriving sport is going sharply down, mainly due to the poor performance of Asian teams. However this is a new beginging. The old foes, once the masters of the game, will clash on the opening day in a marquee match [...]

Adil Najam Earlier today, Mohammad Abbas of Pakistan completed a downhill free run in Whistler, British Columbia (picture below). Tomorrow he will compete in the Men’s Giant Slalom at the Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010. It is unlikely that he will be in the run for a medal, but his participation will be noteworthy for Pakistan and Pakistanis. I [...]

Loagh.. that was what I learnt.One of the first few words, In Balochi language it means home . In Urdu and Hindi we call it Ghar. Having a home is different from a house for two reasons. A home is supposed to embody love and dreams and a secure feeling of entrenchment which nobody can [...]

Imran H. Khan If there ever was a place on the planet where you could play golf like a lord and pay like a knave, it would be Pakistan. (Royal Palm Golf Club, Lahore, Pakistan) Pakistan is the most well kept secret golfing destination as it has some of the most spectacular courses that are open year round. [...]

After Afridi's recent ball-biting misdemeanor, a number of current and former players and comment...

I have always admired Sachin Tendukar, but one thing I have noticed with him, and other Indian ba...

Photo Courtesy: APP A good news: Pakistani skier Mohammad Abbas became the first man in the country’s history to qualify for the the Winter Olympics, to be held from Feb 12 in Vancouver, Canada. Abbas hails from the Northern Areas of Pakistan which is the home to the country’s top ski resort at Nalter, near Gilgit. Abbas [...]

With Pakistan Cricket going through endless humiliations, starting from the Poor form of the team, Ipl Snub, Afridi’s antics at Perth - there is at least some positive News coming out. Rashid Latif & Karachi City Government have join hands to launch the most lucrative club tournament in Pakistan’s History. Latif has long been thinking of launching a city-based [...]